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Webster 1913 Edition

Remark

Re-mark′

(r?-m?rk′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Remarked
(-m?rkt′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Remarking
.]
[F.
remarquer
; pref.
re-
re- +
marquer
to mark,
marque
a mark, of German origin, akin to E.
mark
. See
Mark
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
]
1.
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.
To take notice of, or to observe, mentally;
as, to
remark
the manner of a speaker
.
3.
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
.
Syn. – To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say.
–
Remark
,
Observe
,
Notice
. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. “Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion.”
I. Watts.
“He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks.”
Collier.
“The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child’s miscarriage, is what root it springs from.”
Locke.

Re-mark′

(r?-m?rk′)
,
Verb.
I.
To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Re-mark′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
remarque
.]
1.
Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude
Conjecture and
remark
, however shrewd.
Cowper.
2.
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
.
Syn. – Observation; note; comment; annotation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Remark

REM'ARK

,
Noun.
Notice or observation, particularly notice or observation expressed in words or writing; as the remarks of an advocate; the remarks made in conversation; the judicious or the uncandid remarks of a critic. A remark is not always expressed, for we say, a man makes his remarks on a preacher's sermon while he is listening to it. In this case the notice is silent, a mere act of the mind.

REM'ARK

, v.t.
1.
To observe; to note in the mind; to take notice of without expression. I remarked the manner of the speaker; I remarked his elegant expressions.
2.
To express in words or writing what one thinks or sees; to express observations; as, it is necessary to repeat what has been before remarked.
3.
To mark; to point out; to distinguish. [Not in use.]
His manacles remark him.

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