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4 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈspaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted epsyStarts with EEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. catch sight of

Word origin

from Anglo-Norman espie, Old French espie, from espier (verb): see further at etymology 1.

Used in a sentence

  • to espy land to espy a man in a crowd
  • No wyse man entreth in to a gardein but he sone espiethe good herbes from nettiles, and treadeth the nettiles under his feete whiles he gadreth good herbes.
  • [T]hou eſpyedſt a poore drunken Begger (his belly beeing full) heyghing, leaping and dauncing, fetching ſtrange youthfull friskes, & taking care for nothing.

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