See \See\ (s[=e]), v. t. [imp. {Saw} (s[add]); p. p. {Seen} (s[=e]n); 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. "e`pesqai, Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sue} 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 now 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 attentively; to look after. --Shak.
I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for contradicting 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 until the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35.
5. To fall in with; to meet or associate 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 wisdom 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.
7. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum. ``I'll see you and raise you ten.'' [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
{God you see} (or {God him see} or {God me see}, etc.), 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, work 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.
See \See\, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Siege}.] 1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. --Spenser.
2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archbishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archbishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
{Apostolic see}. See under {Apostolic}.
See \See\, v. i. 1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
Whereas I was blind, now I see. --John ix. 25.
2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. --John ix. 39.
Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. --Tillotson.
3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.
See that ye fall not out by the way. --Gen. xlv. 24.
Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation.
Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, To get his place. --Shak.
Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. ``See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands.'' --Halifax.
{To see about a thing}, to pay attention to it; to consider it.
{To see on}, to look at. [Obs.] ``She was full more blissful on to see.'' --Chaucer.
{To see to}. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] ``An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to'' --Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire.
Can we never see eye-to-eye until all 120 million Japanese become Christians?" My second encounter occurred in the late 1980s, when I overheard a comment as I passed by a meeting room in the New York head office of a major financial organization.
Viewers could see a change from FNN to CNBC within days after the transaction is completed, he said.
"What I've been told is the campaign will see what it looks like tonight and the senator will talk to his advisers to see what direction the campaign will take," Mulligan said.
"What I've been told is the campaign will see what it looks like tonight and the senator will talk to his advisers to see what direction the campaign will take," Mulligan said.
Manuel Sanchez, director of the Center for Economic Research and Analysis, a private think tank, said in an interview that short-term anxiety will ease if investors see that the government is negotiating a solid, long-term agreement on the debt.
"Most institutional investors told us at the beginning of the year that they wanted to see the unemployment and trade numbers before making any big moves" in their investments.
It's entirely possible, of course, that their enthusiasm came partly from the fact that most of them couldn't see much of what was going on.
Employers see that eager recruiting among groups like women, minorities and the disabled will help, instead of "fighting" the idea, says Fred Alvarez, a Labor Department official.
And once that becomes evident to investors, these optimistic analysts see nothing ahead but blue sky for stock prices.
Mr. Greenberg of McDonald's, who doesn't see any evidence of a recession over the next year, says the recent rise in inflation isn't a nationwide trend.
If you don't believe it, why don't you go and see her for yourself?' And so I did, but not without some difficulty.
He can see no other way.
Adds Peggy Bowling, an Oklahoma City fan, "A lot of women see in Barbie what they would like to be."
We turn the pages to see two drink glasses, each half full, with the American Stars and Stripes and the Soviet Hammer and Sickle decorating the stirrers.
Cut off 6-8 oz and set aside for making the next starter (see below).
The other common types of lens wearer for which companies cater are myopes, who can see well at short distances but poorly from afar, and hyperopes, with the opposite problem.
"You'll see more and more of this," predicted Gail Arch, professor of international management at the University of Houston.
"I don't see any indications that we've started a borrowing and lending cycle," Mr. Hunt says.
"Every time I see them, I feel like yelling out `Shazam!' like in the Captain Marvel comic books." A new decal will be phased in with new cars as budget allocations allow, Bolden said.
"We could see whole lines of trees exploding," said Marc Anthony, a state game and parks commissioner who flew over the fire. A mushroom cloud of smoke could be seen from Scottsbluff about 90 miles away.
"I don't see any prospect for progress, but rather for resistance, violence," says Robert Nathan, a Washington-based economist who follows Burmese developments.
"People don't come up here to see oil wells," Frederick said.
"I don't see this as a giveaway," Mr. Sikes says.
"We are still working to see exactly how much money was involved, but it was many millions of dollars," Salazar said Wednesday.
They needed little persuasion, he says, to see the advantages of closer cross-border collaboration. A year ago, he set up eight 'core teams', covering KGFE's principal product categories and the main marketing functions.
At first reluctant to see their lives on the screen, the family was _ and still is _ pleased with the film.
Analysts attributed the market reaction to fears that Micron, having exhausted its tax credits from prior losses, will see its tax rate rise substantially in coming periods.
The Labor Department's numbers already assume a steady stream of 800,000 immigrants a year; to reach his goal, Mr. Bush would have to see that number more than double.
"I think people look at the world in many different ways and choose to see what they like," she said in an interview last year with The Washington Post. "I think lots of people ignore some of the harder issues, the more unpleasant things.
We see the car as an American car." The company saw the growing demand in Japan and "thought that it probably would sell," he said.