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3. bishops collectively.

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1. perceive, look at, behold, discern; notice, observe, regard, hold in view, have in sight; descry, make out, espy, sight, spot; take in, survey, scan, look upon; scrutinize, read, inspect, examine; distinguish, remark, note, take note or notice of; identify, recognize, tell; lay eyes on, keep one's eyes peeled, Inf. take a gander, cast an eye upon, Sl. get a load of, get an eyeful; ogle, stare, gaze, gape; peek, peep, spy, eye.

2. watch, view, Sl. spectate, observe, witness; attend, visit, go to, be at, be present at, look on, Fr. assister.

3. understand, know, comprehend, Scot. ken; penetrate, fathom, plumb; realize, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be aware of, be acquainted with; apprehend, discern, Sl. get the hang of; grasp, Inf. get, catch the idea of, get the meaning of, know what one means, Sl. get the drift, Inf. savvy.

4. visualize, envision, envisage, call up, conjure up, summon up, remember; imagine, conceive, image, picture, draw a picture of, fancy, dream; actualize, objectify, externalize, substantialize.

5. ascertain, learn, find out, determine; discover, root up, ferret out, dig up, uncover, unearth, uproot.

6. meet, speak with, have words with, have a talk with, confer with, consult, meet with; encounter, confront, face, come face to face, sit down with, have a tête-à-tête; come into contact with, come into the presence of, light on or upon; receive, welcome, greet; be introduced to, be presented to, become acquainted with, make another's acquaintance.

7. court, pay court, Archaic. sue, address, woo; date, go out with, go steady with, step out with, walk out with.

8. undergo, experience, go through, encounter; bear, submit to, stand, weather, suffer, brook, brave; endure, be subjected to, sustain; have experience of, know, taste, test.

9. escort, accompany, usher, lead, take, take [s.o.'s] arm, lead the way, guide; pilot, convoy, steer, drive, walk, bring; attend, watch, wait upon, look after, watch over; flank, cover, screen.

10. consider, think, deliberate, reflect upon, specu-late; contemplate, ruminate, muse, meditate; cogitate, ponder, brood over, run over, mull over, turn over, chew over; direct the mind to, occupy oneself with, have in mind, give thought to, wonder about.

11. see abouta. investigate, inquire about or into, ask about, probe, look into, make inquiries of.b. take care of, see to, attend to, look to, advert to; mind, pay attention, give attention to, pay mind to, give a thought to, give heed to; devote oneself to, trouble one's head about, give oneself up to.

12. see througha. last, remain, stay to the end, stay to the very or bitter end, see out, ride out; persevere, persist, never say die, stick out, keep at, Inf. hang in; make, survive, manage, take.b. detect, see the inside of, catch on to, see what is really there; penetrate, see [s.o.'s] true colors, have [s.o.'s] number, be wise to, Sl. be hip to, Sl. be hep to, be on to, know what one is about. —interj.

13. look, lo, behold, lo and behold, Inf. looky, Latin, ecce; attention, look here, Russian, vnimanya.

14. I told you so, so there, what did I tell you; am I right, see what I mean, put that in your pipe and smoke it.

2, n

1.Eccles. (of a bishop) diocese, jurisdiction, district, province, territory, episcopate; cathedral, seat, office, authority, miter, chair, cathedra; benefice, Brit. incumbency; bishopric, episcopacy, prelacy, prelateship, archbishopric, cardinalship.

2. papacy, pontificate, Holy See, See ofRome, the Vatican, the Papal See, the Apostolic See, the See ofPeter.