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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of espy.

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Examples

  • As they were thus engaged, behold all espied from the palace-windows the dust of horse approaching and the King cried out to his scouts, saying,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • When she the sword espied,/to weep was sore her need.

    The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914

  • Fuddlecumjig, they espied a kangaroo sitting by the roadside.

    The Emerald City of Oz 1887

  • Press photographers along the Riviera captured the odd celebrity in a bikini, and royals were espied in them as well, sunbathing aboard private yachts or in swank villas on the Mediterranean coast.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Press photographers along the Riviera captured the odd celebrity in a bikini, and royals were espied in them as well, sunbathing aboard private yachts or in swank villas on the Mediterranean coast.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • A cold sensation ran down the warrior's spine when his volcanic blue eyes espied the coiled serpent engraved upon the face of the amulet.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010

  • Last night I arrived at this tavern to wet my throat and espied you already here.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010

  • Later that day, my friend espied no less than 6 coyotes -- he thought they were all from the same pack -- in the vicinity of the dead calf.

    The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question. 2009

  • A cold sensation ran down the warrior's spine when his volcanic blue eyes espied the coiled serpent engraved upon the face of the amulet.

    More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010

  • Last night I arrived at this tavern to wet my throat and espied you already here.

    More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010

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