SEE Copy link • SEE 1. s. *sedes (episcopi). 2. v. Perceive or distinguish by sight, videre (ἰδεῖν, to possess the faculty of vision; ☞ tueri, in the same sense, is poetical): cernere (κρίνειν, to discern, distinguish by the sight), or oculis cernere aliquid: oculis percipere: spectare (to look at attentively or anxiously, to survey closely or narrowly): aspicere (to turn the eyes to, to look at): conspicari (to see at a distance; usually in the perfect passive participle, and in Caes.). To go to see, visere: to see well, bene, acute, acriter videre; acres et acutos habere oculos: to see to a great distance, longe videre: not to see, carere sensu oculorum (not to possess the faculty): caecum esse (to be blind, to have lost or been deprived of the faculty): to be able neither to see nor to hear, oculis auribusque captum esse: not to see so well with the right eye as with the left, dextro oculo non aeque bene uti (Nep.; opposed to sinistro oculo minus videre, Suet.): to see well with one eye, altero oculo bene videre (Cic.): to see clearly, clare videre oculis (Plaut.); videre perspicue, diligenter, recte: not to be able to see anything, fugit aliquid aciem, obtutum oculorum; effugit aliquid sensum oculorum (opposed to cadere in conspectum): not to endure to see anything, vultum alicujus pati non posse; oculi mei aliquid ferre non possunt: worth seeing, visendus; spectandus; conspiciendus; visu or spectatu dignus: it is worth seeing, aliquid dignum est, quod spectetur: see! = BEHOLD, Vid: ☞ After “to wait, etc.,” a dependent interrogative clause often follows immediately, “to see” being omitted: “when all were waiting to see who would be so, etc.” exspectantibus omnibus, quisnam esset, etc. Figuratively, To observe, perceive, notice, videre; videre animo; cernere (mente); also, perspicere; animadvertere; intelligere: to see in a dream, videre aliquid in somnis (Cic.); per somnum, per quietem (Justinus): the enemy saw himself obliged to retreat, hostis se recipere coactus erat: to see through, perspicere, animo videre: to see through a plan, quid agat aliquis, quid moliatur, sentire et videre. To consider, videre: considerare. I will see presently, mox videro (☞ less commonly videbo, Matth., Excurs. de fut. exact.). To take precaution, be on one’s guard, videre: cavere. To provide, videre: providere: curare. To conjecture, conclude, videre: intelligere: conjicere: colligere