Espy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.

   “to espy land    to espy a man in a crowd”

2. fiil To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly.

   “[…] I chaunced to eſpie thys foraſyde Peter talkynge wyth a certeyne ſtraunger a man well ſtryken in age wyth a blake sonne burned face, a longe bearde and a cloke catſe homely about hys ſhoulders, whom by hys fauour & apparrel forthwythe I iudged to be a maryner.”

3. fiil To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.

   “Novv queſtion me no more vve are eſpied, / Here comes a parcell of our hopefull bootie, / VVhich dreads not yet their liues deſtruction.”

4. fiil To become aware of (a fact, information, etc.).

   “If being the Commander of an army, thou eſpieſt a groſſe and manifeſt error in thine Enemy, look vvell to thy ſelfe, for treachery is not farre off: Hee vvhom deſire of victory binds too much, is apt to ſtumble at his ovvne Ruine.”

5. fiil To observe as a spy, to spy; also, to examine or observe carefully; or to look out or watch.

   “O inhabitant of Aroer, ſtand by the way, and eſpie; aſke him that fleeth, and her that eſcapeth, and ſay, VVhat is done?”

6. isim An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.

   “Howe the right and lawes of the land / Were execute, and who durſt take in hand / To diſobey his ſtatutes and decrees, / If they were well kept in all countrees: / Of theſe he made ſubtile inueſtigation / Of his owne eſpie, and other mens relation.”

7. isim A scout or spy.

   “Hobomak as confidently aſſured vs it was falſe, and ſent his vvife as an eſpy to ſee; […]”

8. isim The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.
9. özel isim A surname.
10. özel isim A census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.