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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detected}; p. pr & vb n. {Detecting}.] 1. To uncover; to discover; to find out to bring to light; as to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last --Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of --Sir T. More Syn: To discover; find out lay bare; expose. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: detecting n : the investigation of criminal activities to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: {detection}, {detective work}, {police investigation}, {sleuthing}]
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