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Observe vs Hallow - What's the difference?

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Observe is a related term of hallow.


As verbs the difference between observe and hallow

is that observe is while hallow is to make holy, to sanctify or hallow can be to shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

As a noun hallow is

(archaic|or|dialectal) a saint; a holy person; an apostle or hallow can be a shout, cry; a hulloo.

As an adjective hallow is

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observe

English

Verb

(observ)
  • (lb) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
  • :
  • *1892 , (Arthur Conan Doyle),
  • *:“One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03, author=Frank Fish, George Lauder
    • , volume=101, issue=2, page=114, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Not Just Going with the Flow , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
  • (lb) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
  • :
  • *Bible, (w)
  • *:Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph
    • , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
  • (lb) To comment on something; to make an observation.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed , lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Synonyms

    * (follow a custom) celebrate

    Derived terms

    * observance * observant * observation * observational * observatory * observer

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    Anagrams

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    hallow

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia hallow) From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
    • All Hallows''' Eve'' (or Halloween), the night before ''All '''Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make holy, to sanctify.
  • *

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) halowen, from , probably conflated with (etyl) halloer.

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shout, cry; a hulloo.
  • * 1777 , Robin Hood's Chase , reprinted in
    • Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.
  • *
    • I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

    Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
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