Definition of observe

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Observe (v. i.) To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.

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Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark..
Fulgurata :: Fulgurata (n.) A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed.
Observe :: Observe (v. i.) To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..
Unlooked :: Unlooked (a.) Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.
Periscope :: Periscope (n.) an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water..
Remark :: Remark (n.) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker..
Observer :: Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice..
Spectrometer :: Spectrometer (n.) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat..
Umpire :: Umpire (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..
Observer :: Observer (n.) A sycophantic follower.
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) 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..
Xanthosis :: Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.
Nazarene :: Nazarene (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies..
Smaragdite :: Smaragdite (n.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro..
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army..
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