seern.¹

Brit.

/sɪə/,

/ˈsiːə/, U.S.

/sɪ(ə)r/,

/ˈsiər/

Forms: Middle English scer, Middle English seare, Middle English seear, Middle English seere, Middle English seerr- (inflected form), Middle English sere, Middle English serr- (inflected form), Middle English– seer, 1500s seier (Gloucestershire), 1700s seyor, 1800s seeer, 1800s seeër (in sense 1), 1800s–1900s see-er (in sense 1); Scottish pre-1700 sear, pre-1700 seir, pre-1700 seyar, pre-1700 seyare, pre-1700 siar, pre-1700 siear, pre-1700 sier, pre-1700 syer, pre-1700 1700s– seer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: see v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < see v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2a originally after post-classical Latin videns (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek βλέπων (Septuagint), which is in turn after Hebrew rō'eh, given in 1 Samuel 9:9 (the passage translated in quot. a1382) as an older synonym for nāḇī' prophet (see nabi n.).

1. A person who sees something, or who can see. Frequently with of, specifying that which is seen.ghost seer, play seer, etc.: see the first element. See also sightseer n.† seldom seer n. Obsolete a person who seldom sees a particular thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun]

seera1382

talker-seer1884

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iv. 11 Who forgyd the dowmbe & þe defe, þe seer [a1425 L.V. seynge; L. videntem] & þe blynde?

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 59 A certeyne childe, that hadde lost hys sight,..receyuyd hit ageyne. And he, seynge with othir seers the mercy of God..gretly he magnyfied and prechid.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 102 Þanne, alle þe scerys weryn astonyed.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCiii Beynge the very seers & beholders of his magesty.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 30^v And seemely grace, that wonted so to glad the seers sight.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 104 The same thing the light is to the seer and things seene.

1656 Bp. J. Taylor Let. 16 Apr. in Wks. (1835) I. p. viii Strangers, and seldome seers, feele the beauty of them more than you who dwell with them.

1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 25 God, the searcher and seer of Hearts.

1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 179 Or what associating league to the imagination can there be between the seers and the seers not, of a presential miracle?

1882 R. L. Stevenson in Longman's Mag. 1 79 He was a great daydreamer, a seeër of fit and beautiful and humorous visions.

1904 Expositor Oct. 314 That implies..a likeness of character, a moral congruity and conformity between the see-er and the Seen.

1962 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 5 (headline) Two travelers in Europe—a seer of sights, a reveler in gossip.

2015 Res. Afr. Lit. 46 52 That narrative act relies on..the predication of a relation of mastery between the seer and the seen.

a. A person believed to see divinely inspired visions; a prophet. Later occasionally also: a person regarded as having profound spiritual insight.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person having

seera1382

Alumbrado1600

illuminate1602

enthusiastic1605

enthusian1611

enthusiast1612

inspirado1664

entheastic1678

inspired1749

Maharishi1785

muni1785

rishi1794

Mahatma1882

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer

witiec897

seera1382

before-speakerc1400

prophesier1477

spaeman?a1505

vaticinarc1550

destinator1579

mantist1588

vident1588

vates1625

fatary1652

faticane1652

vaticinator1652

visionist1665

visionary1706

visioner1716

weird-man1806

spaer1820

spae-wright1876

percipient1883

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings ix. 9 Coomeþ & go wee to þe seere [L. videntem].

a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) l. 16651 (MED) Þey acorded alle til on, Þe voys & þer bokes ilkon; Non seide seer for to blame.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 196 (MED) Men bene grete folis that Sayne that the Science and Iugementes of Serris is not profitable.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxvi^v And therfore (saith scripture) they that now be called prophetes, in olde tyme were called seers.

1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 3 Such true Seers, and Prophets as God hath sent and set amongst us.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 553 How soon hath thy prediction, Seer blest, Measur'd this transient World.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 93 That sacred Seer whose comprehensive View The past, the present, and the future knew.

1757 G. Bally Day of Judgement 9 Time's most stupendous Birth,..By the dark mysterious Voice Of holy Seers announc'd.

1844 E. B. Browning Sounds iii. 6 The seer-saint of Patmos.

1884 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 311 The admiration..for Maurice as a thinker and seer.

1953 in K. W. Morgan Relig. of Hindus vii. 265 The Upaniṣhads are the philosophic and mystical elaboration of the truths first revealed to the Seers and recorded in the Saṁhitās.

2000 B. Lang in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 287/1 In the book of Revelation,..the seer witnesses a heavenly war between the angel Michael and a being called the dragon.

b. A person claiming to have, or regarded as having, supernatural insight into future or distant events; a clairvoyant; a fortune teller; a crystal gazer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > clairvoyance > clairvoyant

seer1583

second seer1826

clairvoyant1851

medium1851

second-sighter1897

paragnost1964

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > one who practices

scryer1549

seer1583

crystal seer1849

crystal gazer1889

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > second sight > one who possesses

seer1583

second seer1826

second-sighter1897

1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. D.d.i It is denounced by the Prophet Miche, that..shame should fal vpon the Seers, and confusion vppon soothsayers.

1661 ‘Montelion’ Don Juan Lamberto xi. sig. N4^v Now as soon as Pacolet the Dwarf espyed him [sc. the Necromancer]; Quoth he unto the Seer [etc.].

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 244 Dee..appointed his Friend Kelley to be his Seer or Skryer or Speculator, that is to take notice what the spirits did.

1763 ‘T. Insulanus’ Treat. Second Sight 78 A number of Seers whose predictions have exactly tallied with circumstances of time and place.

1787 F. Grose Superstitions 35 in Provinc. Gloss. The seer looks into a chrystal or berryl, wherein he will see the answer, represented either by types or figures.

1838 Lady's Amaranth 18 Aug. 73/1 Even our own seers, who content themselves with cards and teagrounds, as materials for divination, are liberally patronized.

1889 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1888–9 5 502 The seer in this case was a girl,..whose visions were perceived by means of a glass of water.

1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling iii. 56 The practised seer looks deep into the ball of captured light.

2007 N. Wimmer tr. L. Restrepo Delirium 125 The seer..had just used her telepathic powers to find a young Colombian hiker who'd been missing for days.

c. In extended use: a person who has original ideas about the future, or who makes forecasts or predictions in relation to a particular area or field; (now esp.) one who predicts financial or business trends or conditions. Frequently with modifying word.

ΚΠ

1774 Public Advertiser 22 Feb. The Vanity of some political Seers is such that they would rather see their Predictions accomplished, though in the Ruin of their Country, than be found false Prophets.

1794 Monthly Rev. Apr. 474 Our comfort is that the predictions of political seers obtain, at most, but a partial fulfillment.

1852 Daily News 10 Sept. 4/3 The same may be said of..Mr. George Henry Liddell, M.P., for his glowing pictures of financial seers.

1896 Gunton's Mag. July 76 [David] Ricardo was in many respects an economic seer. He had the economic instinct.

1951 R. Samuelsen Rose Bowl Game vii. 54 The downhill slide prompted sports seers to predict Coach Bezdek would seek a way out.

1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Nov. d1/1 The end of the football players' strike is welcome news..to some seers in the stock market, who say the outcome of the annual Super Bowl is a market indicator.

2012 J. H. Butler & L. P. Zobel Travel Writer's Handbk. (ed. 7) 9 Travel is now one of the largest industries in the United States, and seers predict that it will continue to grow.

†3. Scottish. An official appointed to inspect the quality of goods; an overseer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer

overseera1382

warden1398

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

seer1498

supravisor1573

superviser1616

curator1632

curate1648

overvisor1653

surviewer1783

major-domo1835

boss boy1906

monitor1922

incharge1956

1498 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 28/1 Settar and sear of skinnys within the said burgh.

1561 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1914) 3rd Ser. 2 96 The..consell..hes chosin Peter Rig Dein or sear of thair mercait.

1604 in Stirling Burgh Rec. (1887) I. 111 James Short and Duncane Patersoun to be seares of the wark.

Compounds

seercraft n. the art of a seer (in sense 2); prophecy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > art or power of

vaticination1623

spae-craft1724

seership1827

seercraft1828

1828 London Mag. Dec. 668 It was easy for him to believe..the whole of the tradition, seer-craft, and diablerie of the glen.

1913 G. Murray tr. Euripides Rhesus 6 Sage and prophet, learned in the way of seercraft.

2009 Classical Rev. 59 528 An engaging and well-documented study of seers and seercraft in ancient Greece.

seer-off n. a person who sees someone off at a train station, airport, etc.; see to see off 1 at see v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΚΠ

1904 Punch 1 June 395/1 The seer-off should stand at a distance of about two feet from the compartment in an attitude of sorrowful expectation.

1943 Times 23 Sept. 5/4 At last the train has begun to gather speed from the platform,..and the seers-off, having dutifully waved till it is out of sight, [etc.].

2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. 37/1 Passengers would watch their seers-off wobble down the gangplank.

Derivatives

ˈseerhood n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun]

sense1555

light of nature1561

intuitiona1600

instinct1600

perception1701

persentiscency1712

sixth sense1761

Anschauung1820

intuitiveness1873

intuitivism1883

seerhood1884

third eye1921

radar1949

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun]

witiengc950

prophecyc1330

spaea1400

vaticiny1587

vaticination1623

ecstasy1670

Sibyllism1833

spaedom1862

seerhood1884

1884 M. Boole in Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 344 Certain individuals have had a special tendency to inspirations of sudden perception of new truth...It is variously called Intuition, Genius, or Seerhood.

2012 S. M. Brown In Heaven v. 124 The Mulekites' only hope was Mosiah the Seer. Through seerhood Mosiah would recover those lost stories.

ˈseer-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective]

witiec897

weirdc1400

propheticalc1450

propheticc1484

vaticinant1490

fatal?1504

spaeing?a1505

vaticinal1587

mantical1588

vatical1594

vatic1603

fatidical1608

vaticinating1634

fatiloquent1656

vaticinian1656

fatidic1671

fateful1720

vaticinatric1729

seer-like1816

mantic1839

fatidicating1867

vaticinatory1883

1816 Anti-Jacobin Rev. Feb. 205 The Seer-like Phantom then..Declar'd the more than brutal crimes of man.

1911 Celtic Rev. 7 163 He..looked to the sunset land with his vague, seer-like eyes.

2011 Australian (Nexis) 5 Oct. 7 They expect him to cut through to the secret heart of things and deliver seer-like insights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seer
释义	seern.¹ Brit. /sɪə/, /ˈsiːə/, U.S. /sɪ(ə)r/, /ˈsiər/ Forms: Middle English scer, Middle English seare, Middle English seear, Middle English seere, Middle English seerr- (inflected form), Middle English sere, Middle English serr- (inflected form), Middle English– seer, 1500s seier (Gloucestershire), 1700s seyor, 1800s seeer, 1800s seeër (in sense 1), 1800s–1900s see-er (in sense 1); Scottish pre-1700 sear, pre-1700 seir, pre-1700 seyar, pre-1700 seyare, pre-1700 siar, pre-1700 siear, pre-1700 sier, pre-1700 syer, pre-1700 1700s– seer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: see v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < see v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2a originally after post-classical Latin videns (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek βλέπων (Septuagint), which is in turn after Hebrew rō'eh, given in 1 Samuel 9:9 (the passage translated in quot. a1382) as an older synonym for nāḇī' prophet (see nabi n.). 1. A person who sees something, or who can see. Frequently with of, specifying that which is seen.ghost seer, play seer, etc.: see the first element. See also sightseer n.† seldom seer n. Obsolete a person who seldom sees a particular thing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] seera1382 talker-seer1884 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iv. 11 Who forgyd the dowmbe & þe defe, þe seer [a1425 L.V. seynge; L. videntem] & þe blynde? c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 59 A certeyne childe, that hadde lost hys sight,..receyuyd hit ageyne. And he, seynge with othir seers the mercy of God..gretly he magnyfied and prechid. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 102 Þanne, alle þe scerys weryn astonyed. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCiii Beynge the very seers & beholders of his magesty. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 30^v And seemely grace, that wonted so to glad the seers sight. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 104 The same thing the light is to the seer and things seene. 1656 Bp. J. Taylor Let. 16 Apr. in Wks. (1835) I. p. viii Strangers, and seldome seers, feele the beauty of them more than you who dwell with them. 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 25 God, the searcher and seer of Hearts. 1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 179 Or what associating league to the imagination can there be between the seers and the seers not, of a presential miracle? 1882 R. L. Stevenson in Longman's Mag. 1 79 He was a great daydreamer, a seeër of fit and beautiful and humorous visions. 1904 Expositor Oct. 314 That implies..a likeness of character, a moral congruity and conformity between the see-er and the Seen. 1962 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 5 (headline) Two travelers in Europe—a seer of sights, a reveler in gossip. 2015 Res. Afr. Lit. 46 52 That narrative act relies on..the predication of a relation of mastery between the seer and the seen. 2. a. A person believed to see divinely inspired visions; a prophet. Later occasionally also: a person regarded as having profound spiritual insight. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person having seera1382 Alumbrado1600 illuminate1602 enthusiastic1605 enthusian1611 enthusiast1612 inspirado1664 entheastic1678 inspired1749 Maharishi1785 muni1785 rishi1794 Mahatma1882 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer witiec897 seera1382 before-speakerc1400 prophesier1477 spaeman?a1505 vaticinarc1550 destinator1579 mantist1588 vident1588 vates1625 fatary1652 faticane1652 vaticinator1652 visionist1665 visionary1706 visioner1716 weird-man1806 spaer1820 spae-wright1876 percipient1883 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings ix. 9 Coomeþ & go wee to þe seere [L. videntem]. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) l. 16651 (MED) Þey acorded alle til on, Þe voys & þer bokes ilkon; Non seide seer for to blame. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 196 (MED) Men bene grete folis that Sayne that the Science and Iugementes of Serris is not profitable. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxvi^v And therfore (saith scripture) they that now be called prophetes, in olde tyme were called seers. 1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 3 Such true Seers, and Prophets as God hath sent and set amongst us. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 553 How soon hath thy prediction, Seer blest, Measur'd this transient World. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 93 That sacred Seer whose comprehensive View The past, the present, and the future knew. 1757 G. Bally Day of Judgement 9 Time's most stupendous Birth,..By the dark mysterious Voice Of holy Seers announc'd. 1844 E. B. Browning Sounds iii. 6 The seer-saint of Patmos. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 311 The admiration..for Maurice as a thinker and seer. 1953 in K. W. Morgan Relig. of Hindus vii. 265 The Upaniṣhads are the philosophic and mystical elaboration of the truths first revealed to the Seers and recorded in the Saṁhitās. 2000 B. Lang in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 287/1 In the book of Revelation,..the seer witnesses a heavenly war between the angel Michael and a being called the dragon. b. A person claiming to have, or regarded as having, supernatural insight into future or distant events; a clairvoyant; a fortune teller; a crystal gazer. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > clairvoyance > clairvoyant seer1583 second seer1826 clairvoyant1851 medium1851 second-sighter1897 paragnost1964 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > one who practices scryer1549 seer1583 crystal seer1849 crystal gazer1889 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > second sight > one who possesses seer1583 second seer1826 second-sighter1897 1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. D.d.i It is denounced by the Prophet Miche, that..shame should fal vpon the Seers, and confusion vppon soothsayers. 1661 ‘Montelion’ Don Juan Lamberto xi. sig. N4^v Now as soon as Pacolet the Dwarf espyed him [sc. the Necromancer]; Quoth he unto the Seer [etc.]. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 244 Dee..appointed his Friend Kelley to be his Seer or Skryer or Speculator, that is to take notice what the spirits did. 1763 ‘T. Insulanus’ Treat. Second Sight 78 A number of Seers whose predictions have exactly tallied with circumstances of time and place. 1787 F. Grose Superstitions 35 in Provinc. Gloss. The seer looks into a chrystal or berryl, wherein he will see the answer, represented either by types or figures. 1838 Lady's Amaranth 18 Aug. 73/1 Even our own seers, who content themselves with cards and teagrounds, as materials for divination, are liberally patronized. 1889 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1888–9 5 502 The seer in this case was a girl,..whose visions were perceived by means of a glass of water. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling iii. 56 The practised seer looks deep into the ball of captured light. 2007 N. Wimmer tr. L. Restrepo Delirium 125 The seer..had just used her telepathic powers to find a young Colombian hiker who'd been missing for days. c. In extended use: a person who has original ideas about the future, or who makes forecasts or predictions in relation to a particular area or field; (now esp.) one who predicts financial or business trends or conditions. Frequently with modifying word. ΚΠ 1774 Public Advertiser 22 Feb. The Vanity of some political Seers is such that they would rather see their Predictions accomplished, though in the Ruin of their Country, than be found false Prophets. 1794 Monthly Rev. Apr. 474 Our comfort is that the predictions of political seers obtain, at most, but a partial fulfillment. 1852 Daily News 10 Sept. 4/3 The same may be said of..Mr. George Henry Liddell, M.P., for his glowing pictures of financial seers. 1896 Gunton's Mag. July 76 [David] Ricardo was in many respects an economic seer. He had the economic instinct. 1951 R. Samuelsen Rose Bowl Game vii. 54 The downhill slide prompted sports seers to predict Coach Bezdek would seek a way out. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Nov. d1/1 The end of the football players' strike is welcome news..to some seers in the stock market, who say the outcome of the annual Super Bowl is a market indicator. 2012 J. H. Butler & L. P. Zobel Travel Writer's Handbk. (ed. 7) 9 Travel is now one of the largest industries in the United States, and seers predict that it will continue to grow. †3. Scottish. An official appointed to inspect the quality of goods; an overseer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer overseera1382 warden1398 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 seer1498 supravisor1573 superviser1616 curator1632 curate1648 overvisor1653 surviewer1783 major-domo1835 boss boy1906 monitor1922 incharge1956 1498 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 28/1 Settar and sear of skinnys within the said burgh. 1561 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1914) 3rd Ser. 2 96 The..consell..hes chosin Peter Rig Dein or sear of thair mercait. 1604 in Stirling Burgh Rec. (1887) I. 111 James Short and Duncane Patersoun to be seares of the wark. Compounds seercraft n. the art of a seer (in sense 2); prophecy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > art or power of vaticination1623 spae-craft1724 seership1827 seercraft1828 1828 London Mag. Dec. 668 It was easy for him to believe..the whole of the tradition, seer-craft, and diablerie of the glen. 1913 G. Murray tr. Euripides Rhesus 6 Sage and prophet, learned in the way of seercraft. 2009 Classical Rev. 59 528 An engaging and well-documented study of seers and seercraft in ancient Greece. seer-off n. a person who sees someone off at a train station, airport, etc.; see to see off 1 at see v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1904 Punch 1 June 395/1 The seer-off should stand at a distance of about two feet from the compartment in an attitude of sorrowful expectation. 1943 Times 23 Sept. 5/4 At last the train has begun to gather speed from the platform,..and the seers-off, having dutifully waved till it is out of sight, [etc.]. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. 37/1 Passengers would watch their seers-off wobble down the gangplank. Derivatives ˈseerhood n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun] sense1555 light of nature1561 intuitiona1600 instinct1600 perception1701 persentiscency1712 sixth sense1761 Anschauung1820 intuitiveness1873 intuitivism1883 seerhood1884 third eye1921 radar1949 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] witiengc950 prophecyc1330 spaea1400 vaticiny1587 vaticination1623 ecstasy1670 Sibyllism1833 spaedom1862 seerhood1884 1884 M. Boole in Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 344 Certain individuals have had a special tendency to inspirations of sudden perception of new truth...It is variously called Intuition, Genius, or Seerhood. 2012 S. M. Brown In Heaven v. 124 The Mulekites' only hope was Mosiah the Seer. Through seerhood Mosiah would recover those lost stories. ˈseer-like adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] witiec897 weirdc1400 propheticalc1450 propheticc1484 vaticinant1490 fatal?1504 spaeing?a1505 vaticinal1587 mantical1588 vatical1594 vatic1603 fatidical1608 vaticinating1634 fatiloquent1656 vaticinian1656 fatidic1671 fateful1720 vaticinatric1729 seer-like1816 mantic1839 fatidicating1867 vaticinatory1883 1816 Anti-Jacobin Rev. Feb. 205 The Seer-like Phantom then..Declar'd the more than brutal crimes of man. 1911 Celtic Rev. 7 163 He..looked to the sunset land with his vague, seer-like eyes. 2011 Australian (Nexis) 5 Oct. 7 They expect him to cut through to the secret heart of things and deliver seer-like insights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). seern.² Brit. /sɪə/, /ˈsiːə/, U.S. /sɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1600s ceer, sear, seere, sera, serre, 1800s ser, ( sír), 1700s– seer. plural seer, seers. Etymology: < Hindi ser. Anglo-Indian. A denomination of weight varying in different parts of India from over 3 lb. to 8 ounces. In districts under British rule it was officially equal to a kilogramme, or 2·2 lb. avoirdupois. Also used as a measure of capacity; the official regulation (see quot. 1871) made it equal to a litre, or 1·76 pint. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in India maund1584 seer1618 candy1625 viss1626 masha1786 chittack1899 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Indian unit seer1844 1618 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 47 52½ tole make a seere of 30 pices. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 85 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors There is but one kind of weight all over the Kingdome of Guzuratta, which they call Maon,..which weighs fourty Ceers, and makes thirty pounds and a half. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 209 1 Cattee is 2¹/ ₁₀ Sear. 1787 W. Chambers tr. Short Acct. Marratta State 30 Rice..is sold for ten or twelve Seer for a Rupee. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 217 His master had not one Fanam, To purchase half a seer of gram. 1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal 216 72 Paises = 1 Ser = lb. avoirdupois 1·666. 1842 G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir I. 196 The ser at Lodiana is equal to about 2 lbs. English. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 397 A seer (a full quart) of the best [rose-water] may be obtained for eight annas. 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 33 He refused the cash, and bartered his milk to us for a sír of rice. 1871 Indian Weights, etc. Act in Unrepealed Gen. Acts (1876) II. 1426 The units..shall be—for weights, the said ser [previously prescribed to be equal to the French Kilogramme des Archives]; for measures of capacity, a measure containing one such ser of water at its maximum density, weighed in a vacuum. 1902 Man 2 60 Bringing with him one and a quarter seer of rice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas seer An East Indian scombroid fish, Cybium guttatum. Also elliptical as seer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > cybium guttatum (seir-fish) seir-fish1727 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxx. 379 In November and December they have great Plenty of Seer~fish, which is as savory as any Salmon or Trout in Europe. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. iii. 53 The robal, the seir-fish, the grey mullet, and some others, are very good. 1883 F. Day Indian Fish 12 Drift-nets..are used for taking these two descriptions of fish, as well as for the seir fish (Cybium). 1913 C. F. Holder Game Fishes of World viii. 83 The Seer..leaps eight feet and has a fighting weight of fifteen pounds. 1971 Fashion Panorama (Ceylon) Apr.–June (verso front cover) (advt.) 12 lbs. comprising Seer, Crabs or Prawns. extracted from seir-fishseer-fishn. < n.¹a1382n.²1618 as lemmas
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