sighted

Verb

sight (third-person singular simple present sights, present participle sighting, simple past and past participle sighted)

1. (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
   • I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
   1. (transitive) To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
      • Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.1912, John Herbert Farrell, Alfred Joseph Moses, Practical Field Geology, page 30
2. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
   • to sight a rifle or a cannon
3. (intransitive, transitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
   • Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.2005 August 2, C. J. Cherryh, The Deep Beyond, Penguin, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   aim at, take aim at

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