Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
VIEW
I. noun see: wit
Date: 14th century
extent or range of vision ; sight , the act of seeing or examining ; inspection ,
3. a mode or manner of looking at or regarding something, an opinion or judgment colored by the feeling or bias of its holder , scene , prospect , the foreseeable future , a pictorial representation, see: opinion
II. transitive verb
Date: 1523
to look at attentively ; scrutinize , observe ,
2. see , watch , to look on in a particular light ; regard , to survey or examine mentally ; consider , viewable adjective