DETECTS

Verb

detects

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detect

Anagrams

• dectets

Source: Wiktionary


DETECT

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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