observe
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observe/əbˈzɜːv/
▶verb
- 1 notice; perceive.
■ watch attentively.
■ detect in the course of a scientific study.
- 2 say; remark: ‘It's chilly,’ she observed.
- 3 fulfil or comply with (an obligation).
– derivatives
observable adjective,
observably adverb,
observer noun.
observable adjective,
observably adverb,
observer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. observer, from L. observare ‘to watch’.
'observe' also found in these Oxford entries:
behold
- break
- community order
- contemplate
- denote
- discover
- follow
- hide
- keep
- monitor
- non-observance
- nota bene
- practise
- presumptuous
- recognizance
- ringside seat
- safari
- shadow
- sight
- skywatch
- speculate
- spot
- spy
- study
- supervise
- swear
- tail
- vedette
- ware
