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Look
LOOK, v.i. [See Light. The primary sense is to stretch, to extend, to shoot, hence to direct the eye. We observe its primary sense is nearly the same as that of seek. Hence, to look for is to seek.]
1. To direct the eye towards an object, with the intention of seeing it.
When the object is within sight, look is usually followed by on or at. We look on or at a picture; we look on or at the moon; we cannot look on or at the unclouded sun, without pain.
At, after look, is not used in our version of the Scriptures. In common usage, at or on is now used indifferently in many cases, and yet in other cases, usage has established a preference. In general, on is used in the more solemn forms of expression. Moses was afraid to look on God. The Lord look on you and judge. In these and similar phrases, the use of at would be condemned, as expressing too little solemnity.
In some cases, at seems to be more properly used before very distant objects; but the cases can hardly be defined.
The particular direction of the eye is expressed by various modifying words; as, to look down, to look up, to look back to look forward, to look from, to look round, to look out, to look under. When the object is not in sight, look is followed by after, or for. Hence, to look after, or look for, is equivalent to seek or search, or to expect.
2. To see; to have the sight or view of.
Fate sees thy life lodged in a brittle glass, and looks it through, but to it cannot pass.
3. To direct the intellectual eye; to apply the mind or understanding; to consider; to examine. Look at the conduct of this man; view it in all its aspects. Let every man look into the state of his own heart. Let us look beyond the received notions of men on this subject.
4. To expect.
He must look to fight another battle, before he could reach Oxford. [Little used.
5. To take care; to watch.
Look that ye bind them fast.
6. To be directed.
Let thine eyes look right on. Prov 4.
7. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance. The patient looks better than he did. The clouds look rainy.
I am afraid it would look more like vanity than gratitude.
Observe how such a practice looks in another person.
So we say, to look stout or big; to look peevish; to look pleasant or graceful.
8. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
The gate that looketh toward the north. Ezek 8.
The east gate of the Lord's house, that looketh eastward. Ezek 11.
To look about, to look on all sides, or in different directions.
To look about one, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to be circumspect or guarded.
1. To look after, to attend; to take care of; as, to look after children.
2. To expect; to be in a state of expectation.
Men's hearts falling them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. Luke 21.
3. To seek; to search.
My subject does not oblige me to look after the water, or point forth the place whereunto it has now retreated.
1. To look for, to expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a ship.
Look now for no enchanting voice.
2. To seek; to search; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle.
To look into, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look into the conduct of another; to look into one's affairs.
Which things the angels desire to look into. 1 Pet 1.
1. To look on, to regard; to esteem.
Her friends would look on her the worse.
2. To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think.
I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic writer.
3. To be a mere spectator.
I'll be a candle-holder and look on.
To look over, to examine one by one; as, to look over a catalogue of books; to look over accounts.
To overlook, has a different sense, to pass over without seeing.
To look out, to be on the watch. The seaman looks out for breakers.
1. To look to, or unto, to watch; to take care of.
Look well to thy herds. Prov 27.
2. To resort to with confidence or expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from. The creditor may look to the surety for payment.
Look to me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth. Isa 45.
To look through, to penetrate with the eye, or with the understanding; to see or understand perfectly.
LOOK, v.t.
1. To seek; to search for.
Looking my love, I go from place to place. Obs.
2. To influence by looks or presence; as, to look down opposition.
A spirit fit to start into an empire, and look the world to law.
To look out, to search for and discover. Look out associates of good reputation.
To look one another in the face, to meet for combat.
2 Ki 14.
LOOK, in the imperative, is used to excite attention or notice. Look ye, look you; that is see, behold, observe, take notice.
LOOK, n.
1. Cast of countenance; air of the face; aspect; as, a high look is an index of pride; a downcast look is an index of pride; a downcast look indicates modesty, bashfulness, or depression of mind.
Pain, disgrace and poverty have frightful looks.
2. The act of looking or seeing. Every look filled him with anguish.
3. View; watch.
look appears in definitions for these words:
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Abeyance Abhor Affiance Air Albinos Alquifou Amphitheater Appearance Askew Aspect Asquint Augur Austere Await Awaiting Awry Back Backwards Bandy Bashful Bashfulness Basilisk Bay Behind Behold Beholder Beholding Belgard Besee Bewitch Big Bishop Black Bless Bopeep Bring Brow Browbeating Cadaverous Care Carefully Cast Catoptromancy Celibacy Chuffy Circumspect Circumspective Clap-net Closely Cloudy Cock Cold Comforter Commerce Commission Complacent Compliance Composed Composition Conceit Concern Conspicuous Contemplative Cordial Countenance Cream-faced Cry Dare Deject Demure Demurely Demureness Denounce Despection Despicable Despicably Devour Dip Dipping Discountenance Discreet Disdainful Dispatchful Distasteful Downcast Downwards Dress Drowse Dull-browed Dull-eyed Dwell Earnestly Easterly Enviously Envy Epitaph Equal Espy Ever Evileyed Examine Exceptionable Expect Expectance Expectant Expectation Expecting Express Eye Eyeglance Face Fair Fall Familiarize Farther Fascination Fastidiously Fearfully Ferocious Fiercely Fit Fleer Flickering Foliate Foliation For Forelook Forfeit Frame Fresh Freshly Frightfully Frigid Froward Frown Frowning Frowningly Full Gape Garb Gaze Gazeful Gazer Gazing Ghastliness Giddy Glance Glare Glass Gloominess Glout Glum Graceful Great Grim Grimaced Grimly Grimness Gruffly Guard Hagard Hardness Heavily Heed Hideous High High-gazing High-sighted Hungry Hypocritic Ill Improvement Inchoation Indifferently Inspect Inspecting Inspection Intercourse Interpret Interpretation Into Introspect Intuition Invidious Irony Ken La Labor Lace Languish Languishment Lattice Leer Leering Leeringly Lift Lighten Like Linger Lo Lofty Long Look Look-out Looker Looking-glass Lothe Lower Lugubrious Lush Lust Magisterial Manner Match Meager Mien Mild Mirror Mockery Monitor Morning Movingly Narrowly Nature Nod Nose Observer Off Ogle Onward Open Out Outbrave Outlook Overlook Overplus Owling Pale Paleness Parting Peak Pee Peek Peep Peeping-hole Peer Petulanceulancy Pique Piteous Place Plow Pocket-glass Pore Pout Pouting Pride Prospect Prospection Prospective Prospicience Province Prudent Prying Put Quality Qualm Quit Ragged Ransomless Regard Regardant Regardless Regret Reprove Reserve Respect Resupinate Retrospect Retrospection Retrospective Review Reviewing Revise Right Roguishness Rugged Rummage Sadness Saucy Scenery Sceptic Scowl Scowlingly Scrupulosity Search Searched Searching Sedate See Seek Self-accusing Set Severe Shame Sheeps-eye Shift Shortsighted Show Sight Significant Simple Singly Skew Sleek Slouch Smicker Smickering Smile Smiling Smilingly Smirk Smooth Smooth-faced Sneer Sneering Sneeringly Sour Speak Spectator Spectatress Spectatrix Specular Speculm Spiritless Spitefulness Squint Squint-eyed Squinting Squintingly Squiny Stare Staring Start Stern Sternness Stoker Stomach Stop Strabism Strain Strange Stroke Struggle Surety Survey Survise Sweinmote Symbolize Tabby Tell Tenor There Threatening Tiffany Toot Troop Trouble Trust Turn Unexpected Unexpectedly Uplook Upwards Venus View Visage Wainscot Wait Wan Watch Well-water Whine White-livered Wildly Witch You
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