insaw
insaw is the simple past of insee.
Meaning of insee
Verb
insee (third-person singular simple present insees, present participle inseeing, simple past insaw, past participle inseen)
- To see into; to observe acutely.
- First, moving from his internal region outwards to other internal regions, the speaker insees the "tear inside the stone."1992, Victoria Harris, The incorporative consciousness of Robert Bly
- To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.
- This process of intuitional knowledge is strikingly analogous to the process of inseeing (Einsehen) Rilke described in his letters. I love inseeing. Can you imagine with me how glorious it is to insee...1990, Sandra Gilbert, Acts of attention: the poems of D.H. Lawrence
- To inspect.
Questions about insaw
- What is insaw the simple past of?
- Insaw is the simple past of insee.
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