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Definition of Sighted

1. Adjective. Able to see.

Definition of Sighted

1. a. Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long- sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, and the like.

Definition of Sighted

1. Verb. (past of ''sight'') ¹

2. Adjective. Not blind ¹

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Definition of Sighted

1. sight [v] - See also: sight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sighted

Literary usage of Sighted

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

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The movable plate can bo drawn down into a definite sighted position when a ... This sighted position is such that the surface of the trap door plate is ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This sighted position is such that the surface of the trap door plate is level with that of the guard plate, and is determined by observations made with the ..."

3. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"In the short-sighted eye, the eyeball is too long and consequently the retina—or receptive tissue—is behind the clear image. In the long-sighted eye, ..."

4. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1876)
"Short-sighted views of man and of human existence. —III. The philosophic method in conformity with it.—Ideology.—Abuse of the mathematical process. ..."

5. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"Short-sighted views of man and of human existence. —III. The philosophic method in conformity with it.—Ideology.—Abuse of the mathematical process. ..."

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