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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. view, descry, behold; discern, perceive, comprehend; observe, note; know, experience; ascertain, make sure; consider; meet; escort, attend. See vision, knowledge.

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To perceive with the eye]

Syn. observe, look at, behold, descry, examine, inspect, regard, espy, view, look out on, gaze, stare, eye, lay eyes on, mark, perceive, pay attention to, heed, mind, detect, notice, take notice, discern, scrutinize, scan, spy, survey, contemplate, remark, clap eyes on, be apprized of, make out, cast the eyes on, direct the eyes, catch sight of, cast the eyes over, get a load of*.

2. [To understand]

Syn. perceive, comprehend, discern; see recognize 1 , understand 1 .

3. [To witness]

Syn. look on, be present, pay attention, notice, observe, regard, heed; see also witness .

4. [*To accompany]

Syn. escort, attend, bear company; see accompany 1 .

5. [*To equal, especially to equal a bet in poker]

Syn. meet a bet, cover a bet, match a wager; see equal .

6. [To have an appointment (with)]

Syn. speak to, speak with, have a conference with, get advice from; see consult , discuss .

Syn.- see , the most simple and direct of these terms, is the basic term for the use of the organs of sight; behold implies a directing of the eyes on something and holding it in view, usually stressing the strong impression made [ he never beheld a sight more beautiful ] ; espy and descry both imply a catching sight of with some effort, espy suggesting the detection of that which is small, partly hidden, etc. [ he espied the snake crawling through the grass ] and descry the making out of something from a distance or through darkness, mist, etc. [ he descried the distant steeple ] ; view implies a seeing or looking at what lies before one with a defined purpose or perspective [ the jury viewed the evidence ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. behold discern, eye, *eyeball, perceive, regard, spot, *lay eyes on, notice, detect, look, view, peer, watch, glimpse, distinguish, *get a load of, peep, stare, make out.

2. understand comprehend, get it, appreciate, catch on, *catch one's drift, fathom, recognize, perceive, grasp.

3. imagine visualize, picture, conceive, think, envisage, envision.

4. look into find out, discover, ascertain.

5. meet encounter, run into, come face to face, speak with, visit.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes: behold, perceive. Scots: ken. See SEE. 2. To perceive with a special effort of the senses or the mind: descry, detect, discern, distinguish, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, remark. See KNOWLEDGE, SEE. 3. To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, think, vision, visualize. Informal: feature. See THOUGHTS. 4. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal: savvy. Slang: dig. Chiefly British: twig. Scots: ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND. 5. To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, view. See PERSPECTIVE. 6. To know in advance: anticipate, divine, envision, foreknow, foresee. See FORESIGHT, SEE. 7. To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), suffer, taste (of), undergo. Archaic: prove. Idiom: run up against. See PARTICIPATE. 8. To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, go out. Informal: take out. See CONNECT. 9. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, stop (by or in), visit. Idiom: pay a visit. See SEEK.