"insee" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: insees [present, singular, third-person], inseeing [participle, present], insaw [past], inseen [participle, past]
Etymology: From in- + see, or taken as a back-formation of inseeing, itself a loan-translation / calque of German Einsehen (“recognition, observation”). Compare Old English onsēon (“to look on, observe, regard, take notice of”). More at insight. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|see}} in- + see, {{calque|en|de|Einsehen||recognition, observation|nocap=1}} calque of German Einsehen (“recognition, observation”), {{cog|ang|onsēon||to look on, observe, regard, take notice of}} Old English onsēon (“to look on, observe, regard, take notice of”) Head templates: {{en-verb|insees|inseeing|insaw|inseen}} insee (third-person singular simple present insees, present participle inseeing, simple past insaw, past participle inseen)
  1. To see into; to observe acutely.
    Sense id: en-insee-en-verb-~iI6ezcp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 37 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 53 28 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 35 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 31 5
  2. To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.
    Sense id: en-insee-en-verb-aOdunoyH
  3. To inspect.
    Sense id: en-insee-en-verb-Qb9~BNzz

Inflected forms

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