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Look on   /lʊk ɑn/   Listen
Look on

verb
1.
Observe with attention.  Synonym: watch.
2.
Look on as or consider.  Synonyms: esteem, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of.  "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician" , "He is reputed to be intelligent"






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"Look on" Quotes from Famous Books



... to do this by delivering a short homily on the advantages of school, by which he might lead Dick to look on the matter in the calm light of reason and common sense, and commonplaces on the subject began to rise to the surface of his mind, from the rather muddy depths to which they ...
— Vice Versa - or A Lesson to Fathers • F. Anstey

... him down on a rock near by, And cast a look on the bright blue sky, And then at the sun, ...
— The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various

... look on His anointed face, And only look on us as found in Him; Look not on our misusings of Thy grace, Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim, For lo! between our sins and their reward, We set the Passion of Thy Son ...
— The Worship of the Church - and The Beauty of Holiness • Jacob A. Regester

... numb, I hent me up, and lo! coming arm in arm towards me were Otho von Reuss and his newly appointed Chief Justice and assessor—who but mine old friend Michael Texel! The Duke bent a searching look on me as I bowed low before him, but he saw only the tan of my skin and the close bristle of my hair. And so all ...
— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett

... testily. Then, clasping his jaw in both hands, he began to walk the floor again, groaning dismally. Miss Roberts's tears were flowing. She felt sure that Mr. Baxter's hours were' numbered, and that she would soon be forced to look on at his funeral. Could she be a mother to his little ones, thus doubly bereaved? These thoughts passed in rapid succession through her brain; then, raising her voice to the utmost, she called for aid. That done, for the first and only time in the course of her ...
— Half a Dozen Girls • Anna Chapin Ray


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