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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr & vb n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As se['o]n; akin to OFries s[=i]a, D. zien, OS & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw se Dan. see Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr ??????, Skr. sac. Cf {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after --Shak. I had a mind to see him out and therefore did not care for centradicting him --Addison. 4. To have an interview with especially, to make a call upon to visit; as to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv 35. 5. To fall in with to have intercourse or communication with hence to have knowledge or experience of as to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon as to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, or me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me etc.) in his sight; God protect you [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} anything {out}, to see it to the end to be present at or attend, to the end {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see one through}, to help, watch, or guard one to the end of a course or an undertaking. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seen \Seen\, p. p. of {See}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seen \Seen\, a. Versed; skilled; accomplished. [Obs.] Well seen in every science that mote be --Spenser. Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen, Than his great brother read in states and men. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seen adj : witnessed at first hand [syn: {observed}]
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