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What is the verb for see?

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see

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

To witness or observe by personal experience.

To form a mental picture of.

(figuratively) To understand.
To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

(social) To meet, to visit.

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
To date frequently.

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
(gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
(sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
(used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
Synonyms:

view, notice, observe, eye, glimpse, perceive, recognise, recognize, sight, spot, detect, discern, identify, look at, make out, regard, remark, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, descry, distinguish, espy, gape at, gawk at, gaze at, note, pick out, spy, clock, get a glimpse of, get a load of, glance at, glare at, lay eyes on, peek at, peep at, peer at, pick up, scope out, set eyes on, stare at, survey, take notice of, clap eyes on, heed, study, behold, catch, witness, mark … more

Examples:

“I can see the snow-capped mountains from here.”

“Tonight, you will see the lunar eclipse occurring before your very eyes.”

“I can see how their secret meeting was highly inappropriate.”

sight

(transitive) To register visually.
(transitive) To get sight of (something).
(transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
(transitive) To take aim at.
Synonyms:

see, observe, notice, spot, behold, glimpse, discern, distinguish, espy, perceive, view, catch, descry, detect, eye, regard, spy, witness, eyeball, note, remark, look at, catch sight of, make out, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, lay eyes on, pick out, set eyes on, clap eyes on, have sight of, get a load of, clock, mark, watch, survey, recognize, gaze at, check out, recognise, inspect, take in, identify, stare at, discover, scrutinize, scan, examine, take a dekko at, check … more

Examples:

“Helped by the bright moonlight, we managed to sight the coast at a distance of five leagues by about two o'clock in the morning.”

“When mounted properly, it will enable you to focus and sight your camera at chest level.”

seen

past participle of see
(nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“It was from the valley that we had seen the snow-capped mountains before us.”

“Last night, you would have seen the lunar eclipse occurring before your very eyes.”

“The explorers claim to have seen the elusive Bigfoot.”

sighted

simple past tense and past participle of sight
Synonyms:

sighting

seeing

sees

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of see
(nonstandard, African American Vernacular, Southern US) first-person singular present indicative of see
Synonyms:

sights

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sight
Synonyms:

seene

Obsolete spelling of seen; simple past tense of see

seein

Eye dialect spelling of seeing.

seeth

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of see
Examples:

“I know that the noon-day light of the highest angels, who see Him face to face, seeth not the borders of His infiniteness.”

“The death and pain of those innocent civilians would I am sure, make some seeth with anger and vow revenge.”

“Behold, he said to his father, 'Why dost thou worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can avail thee aught?”

seest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of see
Examples:

“And in the Upanishad under discussion also the answer to the question, 'That which thou seest as neither this nor that,' viz.”

“The mosquitoes 412 trouble me so much that in driving them away I bespatter my paper with ink, as thou seest, God bless thee!”

“Thou seest, Marina duke that I have taken the field with an assorted cargo, to do thee honor.”

seent

(dialectal, especially African American Vernacular) simple past tense and past participle of see

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