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noun
View  n.  
1.
The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection. "Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view." "Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size that are more remote." "Surveying nature with too nice a view."
2.
Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case. "I have with exact view perused thee, Hector."
3.
Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect. "The walls of Pluto's palace are in view."
4.
That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window. "'T is distance lends enchantment to the view."
5.
The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, either drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.
6.
Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued. "To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty."
7.
That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping. "No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason."
8.
Appearance; show; aspect. (Obs.) "(Graces) which, by the splendor of her view Dazzled, before we never knew."
Field of view. See under Field.
Point of view. See under Point.
To have in view, to have in mind as an incident, object, or aim; as, to have one's resignation in view.
View halloo, the shout uttered by a hunter upon seeing the fox break cover.
View of frankpledge (Law), a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
View of premises (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated transaction is said to have occurred.


verb
View  v. t.  (past & past part. viewed; pres. part. 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. "O, let me view his visage, being dead." "Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what of their state he more might learn."
2.
To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects. "The happiest youth, viewing his progress through."





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"View" Quotes from Famous Books



... by the sea were agreed on one point. The new doctor, Maurice Dale, young as he looked, was clever. He had done wonders for Mrs. Bird, the rich old lady at Ocean View. He had performed a quite brilliant amputation on Tommy Lyne, the poor little boy who had been run down by a demon bicyclist. And then he was well born. It got about that his father was an Honourable, and all the ...
— Tongues of Conscience • Robert Smythe Hichens
... day, his luck this time seemed to have deserted him. The "Alabama" was accompanied in her outward voyage by a large French iron-clad frigate. The broad breakwater was black with people waiting to see the fight. The news had spread as far as Paris, and throngs had come down by special trains to view the great naval duel. A purple haze hung over the placid water, through which could be seen the "Kearsarge," with her colors flying defiantly, steaming slowly ahead, and ready for the "Alabama" to come up. Small steamers on every side followed the "Alabama," ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot
... that she was only getting five dollars a month, anyway, from the Patriotic Fund, and that would not carry her far on the road to destruction or in any other direction. When something which appears to set aside the obligation to perform a disagreeable duty comes in view, the hands of the ...
— The Next of Kin - Those who Wait and Wonder • Nellie L. McClung
... I would tell you in a few words why I have resigned St. Mary's, as you seem to wish, were it possible to do so. But it is most difficult to bring out in brief, or even in extenso, any just view of my feelings ...
— Apologia Pro Vita Sua • John Henry Cardinal Newman
... the Governor and others of the Council had refused to believe that anything was intended beyond extorting a sum of money from the Company. But the wiser and more prudent ones, among whom were Messrs. Byng and Holwell, took a different view, which they made me share. Now at last Mr. Drake seemed to rouse from his supineness, and gave orders for the town and fort to be prepared against attack. Before these orders could be carried out, however, arrived the news that Mr. Watts, chief of the Cossimbuzar party, was a prisoner ...
— Athelstane Ford • Allen Upward


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