資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se['o]n; akin to OFries.
   s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a],
   Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi
   to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the
   eyes). Gr. ??????, Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.]
   1. 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.

            I will new turn aside, and see this great sight.
                                                  --Ex. iii. 3.

   2. 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.

            Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
            brethren.                             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                  14.

            Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii.
                                                  34.

            Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device?
                                                  --Shak.

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

            I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not
            care for centradicting him.           --Addison.

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

            And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day
            of his death.                         --1 Sam. xv.
                                                  35.

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

            Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast
            afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen
            evil.                                 --Ps. xc. 15.

            Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my
            saying, he shall never see death.     --John viii.
                                                  51.

            Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men.
                                                  --Locke.

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

   {God you} ({him, or me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me,
      etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be
      present at, or attend, to the end.

   {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; --
      sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]
      

   {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the
      end of a course or an undertaking.