Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to
watch him, and to slay him. --1 Sam. xix.
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I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.
--Landor.
In lazy mood I watched the little circles die.
--Longfellow.
2. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
And flaming ministers, to watch and tend Their
earthy charge. --Milton.
Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.
--Broome.