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Onlook

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of looking on (something); observation.

    "The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical."

  2. 2
    That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.
  3. 3
    One's perspective or outlook. rare

    "This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (or hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook."

Verb
  1. 1
    To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard. intransitive

    "So they two fought for so long a time that those who onlooked were astonished at the strength and the courage and the endurance of those two champions, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From on- + look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”).

Etymology 2

From on- + look. Compare Old English onlōcian.

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