See: LOOK ON(1).
{v.} 1. To regard; consider; think of. * /The stuff had always been looked on as a worthless factory waste./ * /Until the day Bob made the touchdown, the other boys had looked upon him as rather a sissy./ 2. To be an observer; watch without taking part. * /Fred had never been able to do more than look on at athletic sports./ * /The children played in the park while their mother looked on./ Compare: SIT IN.