Hypertext Webster Gateway: "observed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Observed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Observing}.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
observed
adj 1: discovered or determined by scientific observation;
"variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number
of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms";
"discovered differences in achievement"; "no
explanation for the observed phenomena" [syn: {ascertained},
{discovered}]
2: witnessed at first hand [syn: {seen}]
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