Observe

ob-zėrv′, v.t. to keep in view: to notice: to subject to systematic observation: to regard attentively: to remark, refer to in words: to comply with: to heed and to carry out in practice: to keep with proper ceremony: to keep or guard.— v.i. to take notice: to attend: to remark.— adj. Observ′able , that may be observed or noticed: worthy of observation: remarkable: requiring to be observed.— n. Observ′ablene .— adv . Observ′ably .— ns. Observ′ance , act of observing or paying attention to: performance: attention: that which is to be observed: rule of practice, a custom to be observed: reverence: homage; Observ′ancy , observance: obsequiousne .— adj. Observ′ant , observing: having powers of observing and noting: taking notice: adhering to: carefully attentive.— n. ( Shak. ) an obsequious attendant: one strict to comply with a custom, .; or Observ′antine , one of those Francis can monks of stricter rule who separated from the Conventuals in the 15th century.— adv. Observ′antly .— n. Observā′tion , act of observing: habit of seeing and noting: attention: the act of recognising and noting phenomena as they occur in nature, as distinguished from experiment: that which is observed: a remark: performance: the fact of being observed.— adj . Observā′tional , consisting of, or containing, observations or remarks: derived from observation, as distinguished from experiment .— adv. Observā′tionally .— adj. Obser′vative , attentive.— ns. Ob′servātor , one who observes: a remarker; Observ′atory , a place for making astronomical and physical observations, usually placed in some high and stable place; Observ′er .— adj. Observ′ing , habitually taking notice: attentive.— adv. Observ′ingly . [Fr.,—L. observāre , -ātum — ob , before, servāre , to keep.]