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spying
(encz) | spying,slídivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spying
(encz) | spying,špehování n: Zdeněk Brož |
spying
(encz) | spying,špionáž Zdeněk Brož |
Spying
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\ (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied (sp[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F.
['e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp[aum]hen; akin to L. specere
to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. Espy, v. t.,
Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuous, Despise,
Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope,
Specimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice,
Spite, Suspicion.]
1. To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state
of concealment; to espy; to see.
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One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he
spied a note of admiration. --Swift.
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2. To discover by close search or examination.
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Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be
reformed in the church of England. --Latimer.
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3. To explore; to view, inspect, and examine secretly, as a
country; -- usually with out.
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Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the
villages thereof. --Num. xxi.
32.
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spying
(wn) | spying
n 1: keeping a secret or furtive watch
2: the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
[syn: spying, undercover work]
3: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting] |
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spying
(encz) | spying,slídivý adj: Zdeněk Brožspying,špehování n: Zdeněk Brožspying,špionáž Zdeněk Brož |
Espying
(gcide) | Espy \Es*py"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Espying.] [OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, from OHG. speh?n to
watch, spy, G. sp[aum]hen; 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.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his ass
provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money.
--Gen. xlii.
27.
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A goodly vessel did I then espy
Come like a giant from a haven broad. --Wordsworth.
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2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to
watch; to observe.
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He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. --Jer.
Taylor.
Syn: To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy.
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spying
(wn) | spying
n 1: keeping a secret or furtive watch
2: the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
[syn: spying, undercover work]
3: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting] |
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