Verb

(observ)

(lb) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

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*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).

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*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."

Verb

(es)

To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}

To make an impression, to be impressive.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, title=Moldova 0-5 England

, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}

To produce a vivid impression of (something).

To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

* Shakespeare

his heart, like an agate, with your print impressed

To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

(figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

* I. Watts

Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.

To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.

To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

* Evelyn

the second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners