a seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.-specifically: (a) the seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of new york. (b) the seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) the seat, place, or office of the pope, or roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) the pope or his court at rome; as, to appeal to the see of rome.-to perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.-to perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.-to follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.-to have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.-to fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.-to accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.-to have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.-figuratively: to have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.-to be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.