all-see·ing | \ (ˈ)ȯl-¦sē-iŋ 
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\Definition of all-seeing
: able to see or detect everything that is present or happening
an all-seeing deity an all-seeing surveillance system He shows that the Gestapo was no all-seeing Orwellian presence terrorizing citizens into compliance.— David Gates, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2000
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The first known use of all-seeing was in 1562
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