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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr & vb n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense See Phrases below. 2. To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as to look at an action 3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy. It would look more like vanity than gratitude. --Addison. Observe how such a practice looks in another person. --I. Watts. 4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front. The inner gate that looketh to north. --Ezek. viii. 3. The east gate . . . which looketh eastward. --Ezek. xi 1. 5. In the imperative: see behold; take notice; take care observe; -- used to call attention. Look how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue. --Milton. Note: Look in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used
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