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verb judge, estimate

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Word Origin & History

Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.

Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."

Example Sentences for looks over

Nay, that he ever looks over the paper to which he sets his hand?

She looks over her shoulder, and sees me pretty close to them.

Then he turns dreamily on his couch of moss, and looks over the bank into the river.

He looks over the papers every day, but as yet can find no situation.

Of course, and one hold it while the other creeps to the edge and looks over.

She has strayed away from the dancers, and looks over the balustrade.

And then she looks over at me, and I swear I'm not going to be defended by a woman.

He looks over the bridge into the river upon which the sun is shining.

The couple live in a small cottage that looks over the churchyard.

If one9 ascends to the roof, he says, one looks over "a field of stone."

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