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.
To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
Please observe all posted speed limits.
An observation (remark, comment or judgement).
“It sticks in my mind that he would take it very ill,” says Alan. “But the little man cried to me to run, and indeed I thought it was a good observe, and ran. The last that I saw they were all in a knot upon the beach, like folk that were not agreeing very well together.”
From Middle French observer, from Old French observer, from Latin observō (“to watch”), from ob- (“before”) + servō (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂...
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To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.