Viewing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  View \View\ (v[=u]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viewed} (v[=u]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {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.
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              O, let me view his visage, being dead. --Shak.
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              Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied,
              To mark what of their state he more might learn.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view
        the subject in all its aspects.
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              The happiest youth, viewing his progress through.
                                                    --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  viewing
       n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: {screening}, {showing}]
       2: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
          no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: {wake}]