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.
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 archibishop; a province or jurisdiction
of an archibishop; 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}.
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. xiv.
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.