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   Observe (ŏb‑zẽrvˈ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Observed (ŏb‑zẽrvdˈ); 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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   Observe, 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 observation3; -- 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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