Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Observance

Ob‐serv″ance (?), n. [F. observance, L. observantia. See Observant.] 1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance;...

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Observancy

Ob‐serv″an‐cy (?), n. Observance.

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Observandum

‖Ob‐ser′van″dum (?), n.; pl.Observanda (#). A thing to be observed. Swift.

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Observant

Ob‐serv″ant (?), a. [L. observans, -anits, p. pr. of observare: cf. F. observant. See Observe.]1. Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an obs...

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Observant (2)

Ob‐serv″ant, n. 1. One who observes forms and rules. Hooker.2. A sycophantic servant.Silly ducking observants,That stretch their duties nicely. Shak.3. (R. C. Ch.) An Observantine.

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Observantine

Ob′ser‐van″tine (?), n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of th...

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Observantly

Ob‐serv″ant‐ly, adv. In an observant manner.

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Observation

Ob′ser‐va″tion (?), n. [L. observatio: cf. F. observation.] 1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.My o...

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Observation car

Ob′ser‐va″tion car. A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

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Observational

Ob′ser‐va″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. Chalmers.

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Observative

Ob‐serv″a‐tive (?), a. Observing; watchful.

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Observator

Ob″ser‐va′tor (?), n. 1. One who observes or takes notice. Sir M. Hale.2. One who makes a remark. Dryden.

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Observatory

Ob‐serv″a‐to‐ry (?), n.; pl.Observatories (#). [Cf. F. observatoire.] 1. A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.The new observatory in Greenwich Park...

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Observe

Ob‐serve″ (ŏb‐zẽrv″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Observed (–zẽrvd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Observing.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see Ob-) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe:...

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Observe (2)

Ob‐serve″, v. i. 1. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.2. To make a remark; to comment; — generally with on or upon.I have barely quoted... w...

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Observer

Ob‐serv″er (?), n. 1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical obs...

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Observership

Ob‐serv″er‐ship (?), n. The office or work of an observer.

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Observing

Ob‐serv″ing, a. Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind. — Ob‐serv″ing‐ly, adv.

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Obsess

Ob‐sess″ (?), v. t. [L. obsessus, p. p. of obsidere to besiege; ob (see Ob-) + sedere to sit.] To besiege; to beset. Sir T. Elyot.

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Obsession

Ob‐ses″sion (?), n. [L. obsessio: cf. F. obsession.] 1. The act of besieging. Johnson.2. The state of being besieged; — used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from with...

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Obsidian

Ob‐sid″i‐an (?), n. [L. Obsidianus lapis, so named, according to Pliny, after one Obsidius, who discovered it in Ethiopia: cf. F. obsidiane, obsidienne. The later editions of Pl...

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Obsidional

Ob‐sid″i‐o‐nal (?), a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a siege, obsidere to besiege: cf. F. obsidional. See Obsess.] Of or pertaining to a siege.Obsidional crown(Rom. Antiq.), a ...

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Obsigillation

Ob‐sig′il‐la″tion (?), n. [L. ob (see Ob-) + sigillum a seal.] A sealing up. Maunder.

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Obsign

Ob‐sign″ (?), v. t. [See Obsignate.] To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. Bradford.

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Obsignate

Ob‐sig″nate (?), v. t. [L. obsignated, p. p. of obsignare to seal. See Ob-, and Sign.] To seal; to ratify. Barrow.

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Obsignation

Ob′sig‐na″tion (?), n. [L. obsignatio.] The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.The spirit of manifestation ...

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Obsignatory

Ob‐sig″na‐to‐ry (?), a. Ratifying; confirming by sealing. Samuel Ward (1643)