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Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits. Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd. Pope.

onventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.

In an observant manner.

Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.

In front; publicly. [Obs.] Spenser.

The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity. De Quincey.

so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]

Power of perceiving. [Obs.] "The senses and common perceivance." Milton.

The art or process of making photo-electrotypes. Sir D. Brewster.

A pointed beard. [Obs.]

See Pursuivant.

Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl.

for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor provant rapier." B. Jonson.

tionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively. The herald Hope, forerunning Fear, And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. Longfellow.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.

To advance again.

The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

ing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable. Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions. Sydney Smith.

In a relevant manner.