To perceive, observe (a person or thing); to catch sight of.

= espy, v.

To descry, see; to catch sight of, discover by sight; to look at, scan. Now only archaic.

transitive. To perceive, discern.

To pick out by sight, distinguish, discern, perceive. Obsolete.

transitive. To catch sight of, to see.

transitive. = descry, v.1 (in various senses); to observe; to denounce. Obsolete.

transitive. To recognize or perceive.

transitive. To see, discern, distinguish. Obsolete. rare (chiefly in Spenser).

transitive. To discover by spying or by looking out; to catch sight of; to descry, discern, discover (what is distant or partly hidden); to…

transitive. To catch sight of, esp. from a distance. In early use frequently: spec. (of a scout or sentinel) to espy (an approaching enemy). Now…

To catch sight of; to descry or discover; to notice or observe. Cf. espy, v. 2.

transitive. To perceive (an object, etc.) by sight, to see; to make out.

transitive. To catch sight of, to sight; to make out. Now rare.

To perceive, discern. Now rare.

transitive. To descry, see, perceive. Obsolete exc. dialect.

To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); to distinguish (an object or fact); to discern.

transitive. To catch sight of, observe, perceive; = descry, v.1 1. Cf. descrive, v. 6. Now rare.

transitive. To discern or discover visually or aurally; to succeed in distinguishing by sight or hearing (or occasionally smell). Also with clause…

transitive. = descry, v.1: to cry out upon on discovering; hence to espy, discover. Also, with out.

transitive. To look at (a person or thing); to glimpse or glance at (a person or thing). Also: to examine (something). Obsolete.

To discover, get sight of, descry. [In Spenser and his imitators; as if ‘to unfold to one's own view’.] Obsolete.

to set sight of (in) = to set eyes on, to sight. Obsolete.

To get or catch sight of, to see, to get or go within sight of (anything).

transitive. To disclose, discover; = descrive, v. 6.

transitive. To survey with a glance; to catch a glimpse of.

to catch a glimpse (also a sight, a view,etc.) of and variants: to see suddenly or briefly. Also figurative.

To get a hasty glance at. Obsolete.

transitive. To catch sight of, glimpse; to observe secretly, spy on. Cf. overhear, v. 3. Now rare.

To catch a glimpse of (either a material or immaterial object); to see by glimpses.

transitive. To become aware of by seeing; to perceive, discern, catch sight of; to recognize.

transitive. to clap eyes on: to get a sight of. colloquial.

transitive. Originally slang. To catch sight of (something); to mark or note; to recognize or detect. Now the most common sense.

transitive. To catch sight of (the outline of something) against the sky. Obsolete. rare.