observe
/əbˈzɝv/ verb B1- To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail. · From this vantage point we can observe the behavior of the animals in their natural habitat.· She got up before dawn to observe the lunar eclipse.
- To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion). · Please observe all posted speed limits.
- To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
- To comment on something; to make an observation. · The senator observed that the bill would be detrimental to his constituents.
Plural observe · He/she/it observes · Past observed · Past participle observed · -ing form observing
Verb forms
- Base form
- observe
- He/she/it
- observes
- Past
- observed
- Past participle
- observed
- -ing form
- observing
From the library
But I have always observed, that they who are good-natured when children, are good-natured when they grow up; and he was always the sweetest tempered, most generous-hearted boy in the world.”
Neither Mercédès nor Edmond observed the strange expression of his countenance; they were so happy that they were conscious only of the sunshine and the presence of each other.
At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
Observe,” said Villefort, smiling, “I do not mean to deny that both these men were revolutionary scoundrels, and that the 9th Thermidor and the 4th of April, in the year 1814, were lucky days for France, worthy of being gratefully remembered by every friend to monarchy and civil order; and that explains how it comes to pass that, fallen, as I trust he is forever, Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.
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