See seen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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50
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"english": "Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.",
"ref": "c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:",
"text": "Now is þat ſchip. þat bar þe flour. / Selden seȝe. and sone foꝛȝete.",
"translation": "Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.",
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"english": "\"And I saw when he'd opened the sixth seal: there was a massive earthquake, the sun was made black like haircloth, and the whole moon became like blood.\"",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:12, folio 119, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "⁊ I ſai whãne he hadde openyd the ſıxte ſeel .· / ⁊ lo a greet erþe mouyng was maad / ⁊ þe ſũne was maad blak as a ſak of heire .· and al þe moone was maad as blood",
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"lang_code": "yol",
"word": "zie"
},
{
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"word": "ze"
},
{
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"word": "zey"
},
{
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"word": "sau"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
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},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "gem-pro",
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"name": "dercat"
},
{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sehwaną"
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seen",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "seen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to seen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "saugh",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seigh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "saw",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sey",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sawe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "saugh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seigh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "saw",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sey",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sawe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "seye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sawen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sawe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seyen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "see",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yseen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ysee",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "se",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sein",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "seo",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "seon",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "soe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "son",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "suen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "zi",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "seeth",
"2": "seynge",
"3": "saugh",
"4": "seen"
},
"expansion": "seen (third-person singular simple present seeth, present participle seynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative saugh, past participle seen)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "saugh",
"2a": "seigh",
"2a2": "saw",
"2a3": "sey",
"2s2": "sixt",
"3": "saw",
"3a": "sey",
"3s2": "sikth",
"class": "5",
"inf3": "sene",
"p_part3": "seyn",
"p_part4": "sey",
"type": "strong",
"y": "2"
},
"name": "enm-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
45,
49
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
46,
50
]
],
"english": "Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.",
"ref": "c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:",
"text": "Now is þat ſchip. þat bar þe flour. / Selden seȝe. and sone foꝛȝete.",
"translation": "Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To see; to perceive with the eyes:",
"To observe, verify, or witness visually."
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"eye",
"eye"
],
[
"observe",
"observe"
],
[
"verify",
"verify"
],
[
"witness",
"witness"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To see; to perceive with the eyes:",
"To look at (study or monitor visually)."
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"eye",
"eye"
],
[
"look at",
"look at"
],
[
"study",
"study#English"
],
[
"monitor",
"monitor#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To see; to perceive with the eyes:",
"To see indirect evidence of."
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"eye",
"eye"
],
[
"indirect",
"indirect"
],
[
"evidence",
"evidence"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To see; to perceive with the eyes:",
"To have sight; to be able to see."
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"eye",
"eye"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"sight",
"sight"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
7,
10
]
],
"english": "\"And I saw when he'd opened the sixth seal: there was a massive earthquake, the sun was made black like haircloth, and the whole moon became like blood.\"",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:12, folio 119, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "⁊ I ſai whãne he hadde openyd the ſıxte ſeel .· / ⁊ lo a greet erþe mouyng was maad / ⁊ þe ſũne was maad blak as a ſak of heire .· and al þe moone was maad as blood",
"translation": "\"And I saw when he'd opened the sixth seal: there was a massive earthquake, the sun was made black like haircloth, and the whole moon became like blood.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"To see a mental picture of (especially a dream or vision)"
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"mental",
"mental"
],
[
"picture",
"picture"
],
[
"dream",
"dream#English"
],
[
"vision",
"vision#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"To consider or ponder; to mentally observe."
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"consider",
"consider"
],
[
"ponder",
"ponder"
],
[
"mentally",
"mentally"
],
[
"observe",
"observe"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"To comprehend or recognise the inner nature of."
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"comprehend",
"comprehend"
],
[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"inner",
"inner"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"To recognise an opportunity."
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"To appear or seem."
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"appear",
"appear"
],
[
"seem",
"seem"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To understand or perceive:",
"(in the passive voice) To appear or seem."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the passive voice"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take care of or look after:",
"To care for or protect."
],
"links": [
[
"take care of",
"take care of"
],
[
"look after",
"look after"
],
[
"care for",
"care for"
],
[
"protect",
"protect"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take care of or look after:",
"To see to; to ensure or guarantee."
],
"links": [
[
"take care of",
"take care of"
],
[
"look after",
"look after"
],
[
"see to",
"see to"
],
[
"ensure",
"ensure"
],
[
"guarantee",
"guarantee"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take care of or look after:",
"To meet or visit (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"take care of",
"take care of"
],
[
"look after",
"look after"
],
[
"meet",
"meet"
],
[
"visit",
"visit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To experience or undergo (other than specifically visually)."
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"undergo",
"undergo"
],
[
"visually",
"visually#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To attempt to determine; to inquire about."
],
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"determine",
"determine"
],
[
"inquire",
"inquire"
],
[
"about",
"about"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/seːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/søːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/zøːn/",
"note": "West Midland"
}
],
"word": "seen"
}
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