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espy

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es⋅py

  [i-spahy]
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–verb (used with object), -pied, -py⋅ing.
to see at a distance; catch sight of.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME espyen < OF espier ≪ Gmc; cf. G spähen to spy

Synonyms:
discern, descry, discover, perceive, make out.

Es⋅py

  [es-pee]
–noun
James Pol⋅lard  [pol-erd] , 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
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es·py   (ĭ-spī')   
tr.v.   es·pied, es·py·ing, es·pies
To catch sight of (something distant, partially hidden, or obscure); glimpse. See Synonyms at see1.

[Middle English espien, from Old French espier, to watch, of Germanic origin; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
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