(n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
(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
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.
(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.
(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.
(v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to
regard attentivelly; to look after.
(v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon;
to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
(v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with;
hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
(v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see
one home; to see one aboard the cars.
(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.
(v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to
perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a
preposition, as through, or into.
(v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally
with to; as, to see to the house.
