descry, spot, espy, spy
(verb) catch sight of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
See spot
• Pyes, Spey, pyes, yeps
Espy (plural Espys)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
