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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
espy .
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Examples
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He peeps in around the door and espies Mrs. Starkweather.
THEFT 2010
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In Aesop, the Fox espies a juicy bunch of grapes and leaps Ârepeatedly at the overhanging vine.
Children's Books 2009
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Consider a dog who espies a roguish-looking fellow down the street.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Consider a dog who espies a roguish-looking fellow down the street.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Alter also espies the dim outlines of a New Jerusalem, a city of virtue, arising along the Potomac, and none too soon: "During the Reagan-Bush years, Washington lost its sense of shame."
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The mortified bonnet of Mrs Miff is sharply turned towards them, for she espies in this early visit indications of a runaway match.
Dombey and Son 2007
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Moving towards the center, one espies a wooded area and beyond that, an elevation known as the Langenridge.
Archive 2007-12-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007
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Peering through its cloudy surface, deformed and distorted by the ever changing perspectives of theory, man faintly espies certain stable relationships and recurring events.
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But suppose, advancing into the forest in search of the tiger aforesaid, and bellowing his challenge of war, he espies not one but six tigers coming towards him?
The Virginians 2006
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What too curious dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our love?
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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