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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• observe:
    1. I. To notice, pay attention to:
      1. 1. observo, 1 (to watch carefully): to o. the passages and motions of the heavenly bodies, trajectiones motusque siderum obs., Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: v. to watch.
      2. 2. ănĭmadverto, ti, sum, 3 (to notice, pay attention to): your rank causes whatever you do to be o.d, dignitas tua facit ut animadvertatur quicquid facias, Cic. Fam. 11, 27, fin.: Liv. (N.B.--In older writers often, animum adverto, of which the preced. is a contraction; also with acc.)
      3. 3. spĕcŭlor, 1 (to spy out): the eyes of many will o. and keep guard over you, multorum oculi te speculabuntur et custodient, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, fin.: to o. the settings and risings of the stars, obitus et ortus signorum sp., Virg. G. 1, 257.
      4. 4. contemplor, 1 (to view, look attentively at): to look up to the sky and o. the celestial phenomena, coelum suspicere coelestiaque c., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, init.: to o. the nature of the ground on every side, c. ab omni parte loci naturam, Liv. 35, 28: o. too (calling attention to a point), contemplator item, Virg. G. 1, 187.
      5. 5. consīdĕro, 1 (about = preced.): to o. (look carefully at) a statue, signum c., Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: Gell.
      6. 6. sentio, 4: v. to perceive. Phr.: to observe the intestines of victims, exta inspicere, Cic. Div. 2, 13, fin.: to o. celestial phenomena (for signs and omens), de coelo servare, id. Ph. 2, 32, 81: to be o.d (with interest and admiration), conspici: v. notice (to attract).
    2. II. To remark: dīco; inquam (the latter esp. introduced into the body of the observation itself): v. to say, remark. (Kr. condemns such exprr. as, recte, bene monuit; recommending observavit, docuit, annotavit, dixit.)
    3. III. To give heed to, keep in practice:
      1. 1. conservo, 1 (to preserve inviolate): to o. an oath, jusjurandum c., Cic. Off. 3, 28, fin.: to o. the privileges of ambassadors, jus legatorum c., Caes. B. G. 3, 16: v. to keep.
      2. 2. observo, 1 (to pay respect to; keep carefully): to o. instructions very carefully, praeceptum obs. diligentissime, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: to o. the laws, leges obs., Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40.
      3. 3. obtempĕro, 1 (with dat.): v. to obey.