What is "to see anything out"

See \See\ (s[=e]), v. t. [imp. Saw (s[add]); p. p. Seen (s[=e]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, AS. se['o]n; akin to OFries. s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. "e`pesqai, Skr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sue to follow.]

1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

   I will now turn aside, and see this great sight.
   --Ex. iii. 3.

2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

   Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren.
   --Gen. xxxvii. 14.

   Jesus saw that he answered discreetly.
   --Mark xii. 34.

   Who's so gross That seeth not this palpable device?
   --Shak.

3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after.
   --Shak.

   I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for contradicting him.
   --Addison.

4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

   And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.
   --1 Sam. xv. 3

5. 5. To fall in with; to meet or associate with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

   Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
   --Ps. xc. 15.

   Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
   --John viii. 51.

   Improvement in wisdom and prudence by seeing men.
   --Locke.

6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

7. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum. ``I'll see you and raise you ten.''

   God you see (or God him see or God me see, etc.), God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

   To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, work at, or attend, to the end.

   To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]

   To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.