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Ob*serve" (ŏb*z&etilde_;rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Observed (ŏb*z&etilde_;rvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Observing.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see Ob-) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf. F. observer. See Serve.] 1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.
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Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17.
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He wolde no such cursedness observe. Chaucer.
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Must I budge? Must I observe you? Shak.
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With solemn purpose to observe
Immutably his sovereign will. Milton.
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2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to notice; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army; to observe an accident.
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3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
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Ob*serve", v. i. 1. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.
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2. To make a remark; to comment; to make an observation{3}; -- generally with on or upon.
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I have barely quoted . . . without observing upon it. Pope.
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Syn. -- To remark. See Remark.
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