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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.

Syn. -- To remark. See Remark.

Ob*serv"er (?), n. 1.
One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially,
one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation;
as, an astronomical observer.

The observed of all observers.

Careful observers may foretell the hour,

By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower.


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