Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To look at; see.
- To look to; see to; attend to; arrange.
- Reflexively, to look about one's self; look to one's self.
- To look about; look.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To see; to look; to mind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
look at ;see ;mind ;regard ;favour . - verb transitive, dialectal To
look to ;see to ;attend to;care for ;take care of ;provide for;treat ;arrange . - verb reflexive, dialectal To look about one's self; look to one's self.
Etymologies
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From Middle English beseen, from Old English besēon ("to see, look, look around, behold, observe, look after, go to see, visit, provide for"), from Proto-Germanic *bisehwanan (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- + see. Cognate with Dutch bezien ("to look at, review"), German besehen ("to have a look at, inspect"), Danish bese ("to inspect").
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Examples
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[5] As He (Jesus) entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, besee - ching Him [6] and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terri - ble distress."
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