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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spied \Spied\,
imp. & p. p. of {Spy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spy \Spy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spied}; p. pr & vb n.
{Spying}.] [OE. spien, espien, OF espier, F. ['e]pier, OHG.
speh?n, G. sp["a]hen; akin to L. specere to see Skr. spa(?).
? 169. Cf {Espy}, v.t., {Aspect}, {Auspice}, {Circumspect},
{Conspicuouc}, {Despise}, {Frontispiece}, {Inspect},
{Prospect}, {Respite}, {Scope}, {Scecimen}, {Spectacle},
{Specter}, {Speculate}, {Spice}, {Spite}, {Suspicion}.]
To gain sight of to discover at a distance, or in a state of
concealment; to espy; to see
One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he
spied a note of admiration. --Swift.
2. To discover by close search or examination.
Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be
reformed in the church of England. --Latimer.
3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a
country; -- usually with out
Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof. --Num. xxi.
32.
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