OBSERVES
Verb
observes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of observe
Anagrams
• obverses
Source: Wiktionary
OBSERVE
Ob*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Observed; p. pr. & vb. n. Observing.]
Etym: [L.observare, observatum; ob (see Ob-) + servare to save,
preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf.F. observer. See Serve.]
1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action
or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to
observe rules or commands; to observe civility.
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17.
He wolde no such cursedness observe. Chaucer.
Must I budge Must I observe you Shak.
With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. Milton.
2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with
care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to
observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of
an army.
3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say
in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
Ob*serve", v. i.
1. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to
attend.
2. To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon.
I have barely quoted... without observing upon it. Pope.
Syn.
– To remark. See Remark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition