English Explanatory Dictionary

insee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To see into; to observe acutely.
  2. To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.
  3. To inspect.

Word forms

insee insees inseeing insaw inseen

Etymology

From in- + see, or taken as a back-formation of inseeing, itself a loan-translation / calque of German Einsehen (“recognition, observation”). Compare Old English onsēon (“to look on, observe, regard, take notice of”). More at insight.

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