REMARK

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton.

2.
v.

To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

3.
v.

To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

4.
v.

To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

5.
n.

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. Cowper.

6.
n.

The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.


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