DETECT

detect, observe, find, discover, notice

(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; “She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water”; “We found traces of lead in the paint”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected)

to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

Adjective

detect (not comparable)

(obsolete) Detected.

Anagrams

• dectet

Source: Wiktionary

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De*tect", a. Etym: [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]

Definition: Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.

De*tect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]

1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More.

Syn.

– To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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