† aˈsee, v. Obs.
[A variant of isee, ysee: see a- prefix 6. But in the pa. pple., the a- may be a particle: in quot. 1250 it may be = have.]
To see.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2720 Ðat non egipcien..it wist, ne sulde a sen. c 1300 K. Alis. 847 Who me loveth now worth asene! c 1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 120 Vndyr erthe I-hydd they wold be Thatt Ihesu cryst scholl nott hem Ase. a 1500 Rel. Ant. I. 109 Thou maist done awey the lettres that hit schal nothyng beene a-sene. |