v. Obs. [A variant of isee, ysee: see A- pref. 6. But in the pa. pple., the a- may be A particle: in quot. 1230 it may be = have.] To see.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 2720. Ðat non egipcien … it wist, ne sulde a sen.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 847. Who me loveth now worth a-sene!
c. 1430. Hymns to Virg. (1867), 120. Vndyr erthe I-hydd they wold be Thatt Ihesu cryst scholl nott hem Ase.
a. 1500. Rel. Ant., I. 109. Thou maist done awey the lettres that hit schal nothyng beene a-sene.
