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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Observe \Ob*serve"\ ([o^]b*z[~e]rv"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Observed} ([o^]b*z[~e]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.
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. --Ex. xii. 17.
He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer.
Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak.
With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. --Milton.
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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
observed \observed\ adjective
1. perceived with the eyes and sometimes with other senses; as, no explanation for the observed phenomena. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Detected by systematic scientific observation; as, variation in the observed flux may depend on a number of factors.
Syn: ascertained. [WordNet 1.5]
3. Perceived directly with the eyes; observed at first hand.
Syn: seen, witnessed. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
observed
adjective: discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena" [syn: {ascertained}, {discovered}]
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