The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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