| See 1. (n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. 2. (n.) 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. 3. (v. t.) 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. 4. (v. t.) 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. 5. (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after. 6. (v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. 7. (v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. 8. (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. 9. (v. i.) 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. 10. (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. 11. (v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. Thesaurus Entries NB, animadvert, ante, ante up, appear, appraise, appreciate, apprehend, archbishopric, archdiocese, ascertain, assister, assure, attend, back, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be at, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be present at, be sensible of, behold, bet, bet on, bishopric, call, call on, call to mind, call up, call upon, catch, catch sight of, certify, cinch, clap eyes on, clear up, clinch, cognize, come alive, come to, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, conference, conjure up, consider, contemplate, cover, decide, descry, detect, determine, diocese, discern, discover, dismiss all doubt, distinguish, do, drop in, ensure, envisage, envision, espy, establish, examine, experience, fade, fathom, feel, find out, fix, gamble, get at, glimpse, go to, grasp, have, have in sight, have information about, have knowledge of, hazard, hear, heed, identify, image, imagine, inspect, insure, just see, ken, know, lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay eyes on, look, look in, look on, look upon, make a bet, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make out, make sure, make sure of, mark, meet a bet, mind, nail down, note, notice, objectify, observe, occupy, parish, parlay, pass, pay a visit, penetrate, perceive, pick out, pick up, picture, pierce, play against, plumb, plunge, ponder, possess, prehend, probe, province, punt, realize, reassure, recognize, regard, remark, remove all doubt, represent, respond, respond to stimuli, run in, savvy, scan, scrutinize, see daylight, see into, see that, see the light, see through, see to it, seize, sense, set at rest, settle, show up, sight, sit in, smell, sort out, spot, spy, stake, stand pat, stop by, stop off, stop over, study, summon up, synod, take in, take note, take notice, taste, tend, touch, turn up, twig, understand, view, vision, visit, visualize, wager, watch, weigh, witness, wot, wot of |