OBSERVE

verb (~d; observing) see: conserve Date: 14th century transitive verb to conform one's action or practice to (as a law, rite, or condition) ; comply with, to inspect or take note of as an augury, omen, or presage, to celebrate or solemnize (as a ceremony or festival) in a customary or accepted way, 4. to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment, to make a scientific observation on or of, to come to realize or know especially through consideration of noted facts, to utter as a remark, intransitive verb 1. to take notice, to make observations ; watch , remark , comment , see: keep observingly adverb