please look; please see
Polite and honorific request to look at something. Used when addressing someone respectfully.
See also: ご覧なさる
Please look at this photo.
Used to emphasize that an earlier prediction or warning was correct. Often carries a tone of 'See? I told you so.'
auxiliary verb
please try to do
Polite and honorific auxiliary verb attached to the -te form of a verb, meaning 'please try to do' or 'please do and see'. Usually written in kana.
Please look over there.
See? It started raining just as I said.
Please try this dish.
Please try thinking about it once more.
ご覧なさる is the plain honorific verb form meaning 'to see', and ご覧なさい is its imperative form used when telling someone respectfully to look.
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the honorific prefix ご is written in hiragana.
Full kanji spelling with 御 for the honorific prefix; less common in modern writing.
Derived from the honorific verb ご覧なさる (itself from ご覧 + なさる), with the imperative form ご覧なさい. The auxiliary verb sense developed from the imperative of ご覧なさる used after the -te form.