Definition of See

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Definition of See

See

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

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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.

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.

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.

To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

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.

Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.

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See Quotations

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Mother Teresa

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
Buddha

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
Thomas Jefferson

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
Thomas Jefferson

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Maya Angelou

The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
Maya Angelou

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
Zig Ziglar

The way you see people is the way you treat them.
Zig Ziglar

See Translations

see in Afrikaans is sorg, ontmoet, sien, kuier
see in Dutch is aantreffen, ontmoeten
see in French is voyez, vois, s'occuper, vision, visiter, voyons
see in German is sehen, sehen/siehe, sehen, zusehen, anzeigen
see in Italian is vedere, visitare
see in Latin is animadverto, aspicio
see in Portuguese is ver, veja
see in Spanish is visitar, encontrar

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