Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

View \View\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viewed}; 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.

            O, let me view his visage, being dead. --Shak.

            Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what
            of their state he more might learn.   --Milton.

   2. To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view
      the subject in all its aspects.

            The happiest youth, viewing his progress through.
                                                  --Shak.