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observe
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[əbˈzəːv], (Verb)
Definitions:
- notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant
(e.g: she observed that all the chairs were already occupied)
- make a remark
(e.g: ‘It's chilly,’ she observed)
- fulfil or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation)
(e.g: a tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in observe): from Old French observer, from Latin observare ‘to watch’, from ob- ‘towards’ + servare ‘attend to, look at’
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