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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
observe .
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Examples
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Captain Halley—for he always styled himself by his Naval Title, and was Captain in the Royal Navy before he was Doctor of Laws—observ'd at the time of the Glorious Revolution when poor King James was unjustly expell'd that he, Captain Halley, was, for the King in possession.
"This could be bad news for Hillary"... or not. Ann Althouse 2008
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Captain Halley—for he always styled himself by his Naval Title, and was Captain in the Royal Navy before he was Doctor of Laws—observ'd at the time of the Glorious Revolution when poor King James was unjustly expell'd that he, Captain Halley, was, for the King in possession.
"This could be bad news for Hillary"... or not. Ann Althouse 2008
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Alexandria, and of a generous genteel Inclination, observ'd in us something so agreeable, that he treated us more like Friends than Slaves; and finding Scipiana of an extraordinary Beauty, and all other
Exilius 2008
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As the Ghost of a Gentleman, dead these 260 Years and more, you may imagine at the Changes I have observ'd in Fashion and Cloathing.
Noooooooooo! Ann Althouse 2008
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It may be observ'd, however, that here Mr. Hogarth paints not the Passion, but the Folly of Electioneering.
"This could be bad news for Hillary"... or not. Ann Althouse 2008
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Escape into my own Country; from whence, at the Head of twenty Legions, I shall come and receive the Favours your Majesty is pleas'd to offer, that being the only Way the Romans accept of Crowns; which shall be observ'd by your Servant,
Exilius 2008
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As I thus walk'd, entertaining my Thoughts, I observ'd a little
Exilius 2008
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It may be observ'd, however, that here Mr. Hogarth paints not the Passion, but the Folly of Electioneering.
"This could be bad news for Hillary"... or not. Ann Althouse 2008
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As the Ghost of a Gentleman dead these 200 years and more, it was with great Pleasure that I observ'd the Name of the late Dr. Swift among the Members of the Audience at this, your Theatre of Topicks, as I call it.
Did yesterday's hostage crisis teach us anything about Hillary Clinton? Ann Althouse 2007
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'Twas Dr. Swift, I believe, who observ'd that the Original Poem need be in a Dead Language, and the Poet even more Dead, for the modern Author to emerge with any Credit.
Did yesterday's hostage crisis teach us anything about Hillary Clinton? Ann Althouse 2007
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