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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ob- (“against”) + sera (“bar for fastening a door”).
Verb
obserō (present infinitive obserāre, perfect active obserāvī, supine obserātum); first conjugation
- to bar, bolt, shut up
- Synonyms: inclūdō, claudō, operiō, arceō
- Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō
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Etymology 2
From ob- + serō (“I sow, plant”).
Verb
obserō (present infinitive obserere, perfect active obsēvī, supine obsitum); third conjugation
- to sow thickly, to cover with seeds
- Synonyms: serō, disserō, īnserō
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References
- “obsero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bolt the door: fores obserare