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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[imac]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. [1913 Webster]

I will now turn aside, and see this great sight.— Ex. iii. 3.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren.— Gen. xxxvii. 14.[1913 Webster]

Jesus saw that he answered discreetly.— Mark xii. 34.[1913 Webster]

Who's so gross That seeth not this palpable device?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for contradicting him.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

4.To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. [1913 Webster]

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.— 1 Sam. xv. 35.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.— Ps. xc. 15.[1913 Webster]

Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.— John viii. 51.[1913 Webster]

Improvement in wisdom and prudence by seeing men.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

6.To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Seen \Seen\ (s[=e]n), p. p. of See. [1913 Webster]

Seen \Seen\, a. Versed; skilled; accomplished. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Well seen in every science that mote be. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen, Than his great brother read in states and men. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Seep