espied Meaning of "espied"

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Definition(s):

  • (v) catch sight of

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Usage(s):

  1. On a nearby pool they espied a flock of wild ducks cutting the water zigzag.
  2. A group of local Fascisti, sipping their vino pastoso at a local osteria, espied the odious emblem of sedition.
  3. Later, driving through Cambridge with his high-hatted entourage, Edward of Wales espied a man in a boater as battered as his own, waved his bedraggled straw.
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