espy
[verb]
Synonyms: see, behold, descry, discern, distinguish, mark, note, notice, remark, view, find, catch, detect, encounter, hit (on or upon), meet (with), spot, turn up

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Related Idioms: catch sight of, get a load of
Related Words: recognize, take in, sight, spot, spy, witness, make out, notice

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es‧py /ɪˈspaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle espied, present participle espying, third person singular espies) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: espier; ⇒ spy²]
literary to suddenly see someone or something Synonym : spy

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