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espy

es·py [ i sp ] (past and past participle es·pied, present participle es·py·ing, 3rd person present singular es·pies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
suddenly see: to catch sight of or detect something ( literary )

[14th century. < Old French espier (see spy)]
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