Observe
Observe (ob*zẽrv") , transitive verb
[Latin observare, observatum; ob (see Ob-) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: compare French 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.
He wolde no such cursedness observe.
Must I budge? Must I observe you?
With solemn purpose to observe
Immutably his sovereign will.
2.
To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to notice; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army; to observe an accident.
3.
To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
Observe , intransitive verb
1.
To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.
2.
To make a remark; to comment; to make an observation{3}; -- generally with on or upon.
I have barely quoted... without observing upon it.