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observative, a.|əbˈzɜːvətɪv|
[f. L. observāt-, ppl. stem of observāre to observe + -ive.]
1. Of or pertaining to observation; given to observation, observant, attentive, heedful. Now rare.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. §70. 977 Let vs heare in this point the obseruative Knight. 1649J. H. Motion to Parl. Adv. Learn. 37 Observative mindes might have..variety of formes whereupon to work. 1892Amer. Ann. Deaf XXXVII. 167 [She] took an observative and practical course at the Illinois Institution.
†2. Worthy of observation; observable. Obs. rare.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 627 By the Serpent in holy Writ, are many observative significations. |