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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