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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
observe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For his eyes are upon the says of Man & he observeth all his goings
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The ichneumon guess what was in her mind, so she went to the mouse and said to her, “O my sister, there is no good in one who observeth not the claims of neighborship and who showeth no constancy in friendship.”
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For his eyes are upon the says of Man & he observeth all his goings
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And he that observeth their funeral feasts, their lamentations at the grave, their music, and weeping mourners; how they closed the eyes of their friends, how they washed, anointed, and kissed the dead; may easily conclude these were not mere Pagan civilities.
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It is not to be forgotten, what Comineus observeth of his first master, Duke Charles the Hardy, namely, that he would communicate his secrets with none; and least of all, those secrets which troubled him most.
The Essays 2007
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For all these words, He that in his actions observeth the laws of his country, make but one name, equivalent to this one word, just.
Leviathan 2007
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‘Uvaque conspectâ livorem ducit ab uvâ,’ as Juvenal observeth.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Yet once every night, shee duely observeth it (as a Custome) to passe from her owne house, to bathe her feete in the River of Arno, and take a little of the sweeter Ayre: albeit her continuall residencie, is within the
The Decameron 2004
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Tacitus observeth how rarely raising of the fortune mendeth the disposition: solus Vespasianus mutatus in melius.
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He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11. 1999
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