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1. Does this "observe" mean "watch, witness" or "speak of one's opinion" or "understand"? I think the second.
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I think "observed" means "said" or "stated his opinion", rather than "watch" or "witness". Having said that, "witnessed" can be equivalent to "bore witness to", which is an old-fashioned phrase very close in meaning to "said".
Last edited by probus; 02-Feb-2013 at 08:09.
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