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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
View \View\ (v[=u]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viewed} (v[=u]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Viewing}.]
1. To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention,
or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye;
to inspect; to explore.
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O, let me view his visage, being dead. --Shak.
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Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied,
To mark what of their state he more might learn.
--Milton.
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2. To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view
the subject in all its aspects.
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The happiest youth, viewing his progress through.
--Shak.
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