||Ob*ser`van"dum (?), n.; pl. Observanda (#). [L.] A thing to be
||observed. Swift.
Ob*serv"ant (?), a. [L. observans, -anits, p. pr. of observare: cf. F.
observant. See Observe.]
1. Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive;
as, an observant spectator; observant habits.
Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd.
Pope.
2. Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful;
obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules.
We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.
Sir K. Digby.
Ob*serv"ant, n. 1. One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] Hooker.