Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seeing"

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)

Seeing \See"ing\, conj. (but originally a present participle).
In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account
(that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a
dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so
young.

Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me? --Gen.
xxvi. 27.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

seeing
adj : having vision, not blind
n 1: perception by means of the eyes [syn: {visual perception}, {beholding}]
2: use of the faculty of vision [syn: {eyesight}, {sightedness}]


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