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Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Sabbath
A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with ..
Explore
To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
Dignify
To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.
Traverse
A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without t..
Animadvert
To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.
Ascertain
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
Settle
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
Mark
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
Discharge
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Watch
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
Tester
A headpiece; a helmet.
Observer
A sycophantic follower.
Sentry
A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
Consider
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
See
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
Hyperpyrexia
A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.
Feel
To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
Tend
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
Osmose
The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening ..
Violate
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Descry
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
Stereoscope
An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose ..
Indiscernible
Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.
Observable
Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.
Spotter
One who spots.
Mouldy
Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
Detect
Detected.
Eyewitness
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
Viewer
One who views or examines.
Waterspout
A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
Spy
To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
Whitsun
Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.
Submerged
of Submerge
Interject
To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
Formalist
One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and s..
Eyeball
The ball or globe of the eye.
Bystander
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
Observer
One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
Visitor
One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship.
Inspector
One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a ..
Spectator
One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.
Looker
One who looks.
Sentinel
One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry.
Patrol
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Watcher
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
Watchman
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Signalize
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
Solemnize
To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.
Peruse
To observe; to examine with care.
Speculator
One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.
Memorialize
To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.
Disobey
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey..
Scan
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
Distinguish
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
Defy
To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
Observing
of Observe
Unseen
Not seen or discovered.
Imperceptible
Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Stasis
A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenom..
Rectify
To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorde..
Concealed
of Conceal
Etiquette
The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial c..
Secular
Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
Gaze
To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.
Autopsy
Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
Discern
To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
Scrutinize
To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.
Unconsidered
Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling.
Speak
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Overhaul
To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
Nonobservance
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Witness
Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
Exclaim
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder o..
Blurt
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.
Refer
To carry or send back.
Glimpse
A sudden flash; transient luster.
Muse
A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Settle
A seat of any kind.
Police
A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and pre..
Ace
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
Prosecute
To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
Respect
To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
Contemplate
To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.
Adapt
Fitted; suited.
Examiner
One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chanc..
Investigator
One who searches diligently into a subject.
Savor
That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
Compare
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discr..
Transgress
To pass over or beyond; to surpass.
Flout
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Heed
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
Arbitrator
A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.
Seer
Sore; painful.
Moderator
One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.
Obey
To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Submit
To let down; to lower.
Umpire
A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly ..
Insensible
Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.
Peer
To come in sight; to appear.
Judge
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
Harmonize
To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
Espy
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; ..
Transact
To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
Disguised
of Disguise
See
A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
Conform
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Sightless
Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Roundsman
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
Secret
Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
Eclipse
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that..
Hidden
from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
Discover
To uncover.
Student
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; a..
Administer
To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
Feel
To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thi..
Comment
To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotatio..
Keep
To care; to desire.
Consider
To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
Opine
To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.
Invisible
Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.
Behold
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
Enforce
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
Satisfy
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what i..
Twig
To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
Yield
To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
Complete
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Attend
To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.
Hallow
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
Accommodate
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
Jubilate
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."
Disregard
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
Remark
To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
Study
A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.
Canvass
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.
Monitor
One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
Overlook
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.
Promulgate
To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Comply
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
Traverse
Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.
Ken
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
Violate
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
Lookout
A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
Ignore
To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
Fit
imp. & p. p. of Fight.
Mould
Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
Observe
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.
Make
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
Perceive
To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to ..
Arbiter
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
Latent
Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
Spot
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
Ceremony
Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transac..
Effectuate
To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
Render
One who rends.
Conceive
To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
Celebrate
To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
Size
Six.
Magistrate
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.
Accord
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
Reflect
To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
Suit
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
Mold
A spot; a blemish; a mole.
Watchful
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with aga..
Review
To view or see again; to look back on.
Correspond
To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.
Regard
To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
Implement
That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
Look
To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a specia..
Patrolman
One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.
Execute
To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
Tally
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
Mind
The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distincti..
Examine
To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a ..
Noticeable
Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.
Correct
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
Honor
Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
Watch
The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or..
View
The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
Note
To butt; to push with the horns.
Assimilate
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
Wait
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Fulfill
To fill up; to make full or complete.
Reconcile
To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.
Follow
To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
Survey
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
Reconnoiter
Alt. of Reconnoitre
Fill
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Scout
A swift sailing boat.
Sight
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
Mention
A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
Meet
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and ..
Mark
A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Discipline
The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
Communicate
To share in common; to participate in.
Adjust
To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
Tend
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Notice
The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.
Check
A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so men..
Lapse
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
Effect
Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
Compose
To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
Picket
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
Shape
To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
Bend
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Eye
A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
Discharge
To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
