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Definition of espy verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

espy

verb

NAmE//ɛˈspaɪ//

espy somebody/something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they espy

he / she / it espies

past simple espied

-ing form espying

to see someone or something suddenly synonym catch sight of, spy

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