·noun A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
II. See ·vi To be attentive; to take care; to give heed;
— generally with to; as, to see to the house.
III. See ·vt To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to Watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
IV. See ·vt To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to Visit; as, to go to see a friend.
V. See ·vt To accompany in person; to Escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
VI. See ·add. ·vt In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.
VII. See ·vt To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
VIII. See ·vi 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.
IX. See ·vt 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.
X. See ·vi Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to Perceive; to Know; to Understand; to Discern;
— often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
XI. See ·vt 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.
XII. See ·noun 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.