see, Goth. saíhwan, 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.
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.
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.
