espy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

espy (third-person singular simple present espies, present participle espying, simple past and past participle espied)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     He sends angels to espy us in all our ways.

3. (intransitive) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
   • Bible, Jer. xlviii. 19

     Stand by the way, and espy.

Related terms

• descry

Translations

To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes

• Bulgarian: съзирам (bg) (sǎziram), забелязвам (bg) (zabeljazvam)

To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon

• Bulgarian: разглеждам (bg) (razgleždam), наблюдавам (bg) (nabljudavam)

Anagrams

• pyes
• Spey
• yeps