SEE, n.

1. The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop.

1. The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop. Swift.
2. The seat of an archbishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archbishop; as, an arch-episcopal see. – Shak.
3. The seat, place, or office of the Pope or Roman pontif; as, the papal see.
4. The authority of the Pope or court of Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. – Addison.

1. To have the power of perceiving by the proper, organs, or the power of sight. Some animals, it is said, are able to see best in the night.
2. To discern; to have intellectual sight; to penetrate; to understand; with through or into; as, to see through the plans or policy of another; to see into artful schemes and pretensions. – Tillotson.
3. To examine or inquire. See whether the estimate is correct.
4. To be attentive. – Shak.
5. To have full understanding. But now ye say, we see, therefore your sin remaineth. – John xix. See to it, look well to it; attend; consider; take care. 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. See is used imperatively, to call the attention of others to an object or a subject. See, see, how the balloon ascends. See what it is to have a poet in your house. – Pope.

1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of objects by the organs of sight; to behold. I will now turn aside and see this great sight. – Exod. iii. We have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. – Judges xviii.
2. To observe; to note or notice; to know; to regard or look to; to take care; to attend, as to the execution of some order, or to the performance of something. Give them one simple idea, and see that they fully comprehend it before you go any further. – Locke. See that ye fall not out by the way. – Gen. xiv.
3. To discover; to descry; to understand. Who so dull as to not to see the device or stratagem? Very noble actions often lose much of their excellence when the motives are seen.
4. To converse or have intercourse with. We improve by seeing men of different habits and tempers.
5. To visit; as, to call and see a friend. The physician sees his patient twice a day. – 1 Sam. xv. 1 Cor. xvi.
6. To attend; to remark or notice. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care to contradict him. – Addison.
7. To behold with patience or sufferance; to endure. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. – Ezra iv.
8. In Scripture, to hear or attend to. I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. – Rev. i.
9. To feel; to suffer; to experience. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. – Ps. xc. If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death. – John viii. Luke ii.
10. To know; to learn. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. – Gen. xxxvii.
11. To perceive; to understand; to comprehend. I see the train of argument; I see his motives.
12. To perceive; to understand experimentally. I see another law in my members. – Rom. vii.
13. To beware. See thou do it not. – Rev. xix.
14. To know by revelation. The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah aud Jerusalem. Is. ii. xiii.
15. To have faith in and reliance on. Seeing him who is invisible. – Heb. xi.
16. To enjoy; to have fruition of. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. – Matth. v.

1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
   
   
   [Obs.] Chaucer.

   Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. Spenser.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.
5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

   * 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.

   * 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.