To perceive by the eye; become aware of (an object) by means of light-waves emitted by it or reflected from it to the organs of sight; behold: as, to see a man coming; no man can see God.To examine with the eyes; view; behold; observe; inspect: as, to see the games; to see the sights of a town.To perceive mentally; discern; form a conception or idea of; distinguish; understand;comprehend: as, to see the point of an argument; to see a joke.To keep in sight; take care of; watch over; protect.To bring about as a result; superintend the execution or the performance of a thing so as to effect (a specified result); make sure: with an object-clause with that specifying the result.To wait upon; attend; escort: with an objective predicate: as, to see a friend off to Europe; to see a lady home.To call on; visit; have an interview with.To meet and speak with; receive: as, I cannot see any one to-day.To consult for a particular purpose; sometimes, euphemistically, to consult as a lobbyist for the purpose of influencing by a bribe or the like. See the quotation under lobbyist.To find out; learn by observation or experience.To feel; suffer; experience; know by personal experience. See seen, p. a.In poker and other gambling games, to meet and accept by staking a similar sum: as, to see a bet.To outdo, as in drinking; beat.= Syn. 1-3. See, Perceive, Observe, Notice, Behold, Witness. The first five express either the physical sight or the result of reflection; witness expresses sight only. See is the general word; it represents often an involuntary act; to perceive implies generally or always the intelligence of a prepared mind; to observe implies the purpose of inspecting minutely and taking note of facts connected with the object. Notice applies to the involuntary discovery of some object by the sight, or of some fact by the mind; it has also the meaning of observe: as, to notice the operation of a steamengine. To behold is to look at a thing for some time, to see plainly, or to see that which is interesting, remarkable, or otherwise worth seeing. To witness is to see a thing done or happening: as, to witness a surgical operation; hence, legally, to witness a signature is to certify that one saw it made.To have the power of perceiving by the eye; have the power of sight; perceive or discern objects or their apparent qualities by the organs of sight.To perceive mentally; apprehend; discern; understand: often with into or through.To look: with after, for, on, up, or upon.To examine or inquire; consider.To meet; see one another.To attend to or care or arrange for; look after; take care of.See is used imperatively, or as an interjection, to call the attention of others to an object or a subject, signifying ‘lo!’ ‘look!’ ‘behold!’n. What one has to see.n. An obsolete spelling of sea.n. l. A seat of power or dignity; a throne.n. The seat of a bishop, whether an ordinary bishop, or a bishop of higher rank (metropolitan, etc., patriarch, pope); the local center of a diocese and of diocesan authority, or of a diocese and other subordinate dioceses; the city or locality from which ecclesiastical jurisdiction is exercised; hence, episcopal rank, authority, and jurisdiction as exercised from a permanent local center.