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visitation | seeing |

As a proper noun visitation

is (label) the visit of the virgin mary to her cousin elizabeth; the commemoration of this on 30 may in eastern christianity or 31 may in western christianity.

As a verb seeing is

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As an adjective seeing is

having vision; not blind.

As a noun seeing is

the action of the verb to see ; eyesight.

As a conjunction seeing is

(slang) inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.

visitation

English

Noun

(wikipedia visitation) (en noun)
  • The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
  • An official visit to inspect or examine something.
  • An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
  • The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
  • A punishment or blessing ordained by God.

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    seeing

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
    Derived terms
    * all-seeing * seeing to * seeing-eye dog

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having vision; not blind.
    • Synonyms
    * sighted

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to see ; eyesight.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings , hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
  • (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
    • Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.

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