Seen
[siːn] or [sin]
Definition
(p. p.) of See
(-) p. p. of See.
(a.) Versed; skilled; accomplished.
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Definition
adj. skilled experienced: manifest.
pa.p. of see.
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Examples
- Would to heaven I had never seen it! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had never before seen Mr. Bruff pay her such devoted attention, and look at her with such marked respect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His manner appeared to have altered strangely in the interval since I had last seen him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Had she seen me go out? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Anybody here seen anything of any such game? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He might have seen his old acquaintance Amelia on her way from Brompton to Russell Square, had he been looking out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His strength returned, and a month after the visit of Thomasin he might have been seen walking about the garden. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Have you seen Mr. Sykes this morning? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So I had plenty of occupation, which I was glad of; and as to Charley, she was absolutely not to be seen for needlework. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is I who have been in fault: I ought to have seen that I could not afford to live in this way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To Gerald, the smallish, odd figure of the German was distinct and objective, as if seen through field glasses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I thought her, then, still more colourless and thin than when I had seen her last; the flashing eyes still brighter, and the scar still plainer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It will then be publicly seen that, on both sides, we meet only as common and indifferent acquaintance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My dear, I have seen it bleeding. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have never seen my aunt in such state. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have seen her shine, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Have you seen such guns? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He touched his hat politely to the ladies, and remarked that he supposed they had never seen so many live Yankees before in their lives. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You haven't seen my private expense book yet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You have seen my daughters? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His face was very handsome--the handsomest, thought D'Arnot, that he had ever seen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But though she had _seen_ all the members of the family, she had not yet _heard_ all the noise they could make. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Up to that time he had seen very little incandescent lighting, for the simple reason that there was very little to see. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Searchlights have recently been made capable of being seen nearly a hundred miles away. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Though he wore the metal of Zodanga, my Jeddak, such a man was never seen before in this or any other country upon Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Remember what you have seen and heard--draw what conclusions YOU like--act as you please. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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