Index of English words, starting with "se"

(1) - Sedulous (a.) Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.

(1) - See (v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.
(2) - See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
(3) - See (v. i.) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
(4) - See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
(5) - See (v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
(6) - See (v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
(7) - See (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
(8) - See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
(9) - See (v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
(10) - See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
(11) - See (n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.