the act of seeing external objects; actual sight.-the faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.-that which is seen; an object of sight.-especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of isaiah.-hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.-to see in a vision; to dream.