observe

«observe» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: keep; obey, watch — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

keep; obey, watch

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

In the Torah it means keep or obey (a day or rule); in the fairy tales it can mean watch or notice. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it mostly means watch carefully; the sense "keep or obey" is old, and the sentences use it that way for the Sabbath and ordinances.

examples

• Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee. (Torah DEU.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• The good child undresses, but observe this! (The Red Fairy Book) tree →
• And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. (Torah EXO.12.24, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

observe

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 90 (Torah 35, tales 55, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 2; ratio 2.0 (Torah alone 16.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
• Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
• And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.
• And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
• Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «observe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.