視為

to view as / to see as / to consider to be / to deem

to look at / to regard / to inspect

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence

to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth