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ESPY
descry, spot, espy, spy
(verb) catch sight of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
espy (third-person singular simple present espies, present participle espying, simple past and past participle espied)
(transitive) To catch sight of; to see; to spot (said especially of something not easy to see)
(transitive) To examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
(intransitive) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Synonyms
See spot
Anagrams
• Pyes, Spey, pyes, yeps
Proper noun
Espy (plural Espys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Espy is the 15748th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1851 individuals. Espy is most common among White (77.15%) and Black/African American (16.32%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Pyes, Spey, pyes, yeps
Source: Wiktionary
Es*py", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espied; p. pr. & vb. n. Espying.] Etym: [OF. espier, F. épier, from OHG. speh to watch, spy, G. spähen; akin to L. specere to look, species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See Spice, Spy, and cf. Espionage.]
1. To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd. As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money. Gen. xlii. 27. A goodly vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad. Wordsworth.
2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe. He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy.
Es*py", v. i.
Definition: To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. Stand by the way, and espy. Jer. xlviii. 19.
Es*py", n.; pl. Espies. Etym: [OF. espie. See Espy, v., Spy.]
Definition: A spy; a scout. [Obs.] Huloet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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