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Definition of Look on

1. Verb. Observe with attention. "They watched as the murderer was executed"

2. Verb. Look on as or consider. "He is reputed to be intelligent"

Definition of Look on

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To watch; to observe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Look On

look back look backward look before you leap look book look daggers look down on look down one's nose look down upon look for look forward

look forward to look here look into look like look off look on (current term) look out look out for number one look out on look out over

look over look round look sharp look the other way look the part look through look to look up look up to

Literary usage of Look on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1888)
"... shall or will look on. shall be looked on Imperative. ... they shall be shall look on. looked at. (To be continued. ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Have here a light, and look on all these blake." But often gan the herte glad and quake Of Troilus, while he it gan to rede, So as the wordes yave him ..."

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