Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VIEW, v.t. [vu; Fr. vue, from voir, to see, contracted from L. videre, Russ. viju, San. vid. The primary sense is to reach or extend to.]

1. To survey; to examine with the eye; to look on with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to inspect; to explore. View differs from look, see, and behold, in expressing more particular or continued attention to the thing which is the object of sight. We ascended mount Holyoke, and viewed the charming landscape below. We viewed with delight the rich valleys of the Connecticut about the town of Northampton. Go up and view the country. Josh. vii. I viewed the walls of Jerusalem. Neh. vii.
2. To see; to perceive by the eye. – Pope.
3. To survey intellectually; to examine with the mental eye; to consider. View the subject in all its aspects.