reobservev.
/ˌriːəbˈzəːv/, U.S. /ˌriəbˈzərv/ transitive. To observe again. Also intransitive.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch > again
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold > see or look again
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1618 J. Vicars Prospectiue Glasse sig. Cv The premises thus re-obseru'd, afford To vs a most harmonious sweete accord.
1795 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 529 The truth of this part of the operation can be examined, by re-observing the directions of the meridians.
1824 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 114 212 It became interesting to re-observe this star, as a verification of the motion.
1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. vi. 148 You must think and observe; re-think and re-observe.
1857 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 260 I have, also, lately been re-observing daily Lobelia fulgens.
1929 A. Curtayne St. Catherine of Siena ix. 135 The interdict was re-observed in the city in May.
1972 Sci. Amer. Feb. 80/2 In February, 1971, this source was reobserved by the same group.
2001 E. Danson Drawing Line ix. 100 Spending the intervening time reobserving the latitude at Harland's farm at the fork of the Brandywine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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