Dictionary

everseeing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛv.ɚˌsi.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /ˈɛv.əˌsiː.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From ever + seeing.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) Which sees unceasingly; constantly seeing.
   • Oh thou! whose everseeing eye can pierce The misty shades of night, and penetrate The deep recesses of the human heart; 1833, Margaret Miller Davidson, “To the Deity”, in Washington Irving, editor, Biography and Poetical Remains of the late Margaret Miller Davidson, Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, published 1841, →OCLC, page 202:
   • Here was alſo Argos built, by that all everſeeing Argos, ſo much celebrated by ancient Poets: […] 1638, Lewes Roberts, “Of Lepanto, and the trade thereof” (chapter CCXLV), in The Merchants Mappe of Commerce, London: […] R. O. for Ralph Mabb, →OCLC, page 188:

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Relateds

all-seeing