From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
look on
v 1: observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was
executed" [syn: watch, look on]
2: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a
joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is
reputed to be intelligent" [syn: think of, repute,
regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be]