detectv.

Brit.

/dᵻˈtɛkt/, U.S.

/dəˈtɛk(t)/,

/diˈtɛk(t)/

Etymology: < participial stem dētect- of Latin dētegĕre to uncover, discover, detect, < de- prefix 1f + tegĕre to cover. The earlier detect adj. was retained as past participle of the verb, till gradually displaced by detected.

†1. transitive. To uncover, lay bare, expose, display (something covered up or hidden). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]

unwryc825

unhelec1000

to draw forthc1175

unhillc1200

to bring forth?c1225

unsteekc1250

let witc1275

uncovera1300

wraya1300

knowc1300

barea1325

shrivec1374

unwrapc1374

again-covera1382

nakena1382

outc1390

tellc1390

disclosea1393

cough1393

unhidea1400

unclosec1400

unhaspc1400

bewrayc1405

reveal1409

accusea1413

reveil1424

unlocka1425

unrekec1425

disclude?1440

uncurec1440

utter1444

detect1447

break1463

expose1483

divinec1500

revelate1514

to bring (also put) to light1526

decipher1529

rake1547

rip1549

unshadow1550

to lay to sight1563

uppen1565

unlace1567

unvisor?1571

resign1572

uncloak1574

disshroud1577

spill1577

reap1578

unrip1579

scour1585

unharboura1586

unmask1586

uncase1587

descrya1591

unclasp?1592

unrive1592

discover1594

unburden1594

untomb1594

unhusk1596

dismask1598

to open upc1600

untruss1600

divulge1602

unshale1606

unbrace1607

unveil1609

rave1610

disveil1611

unface1611

unsecret1612

unvizard1620

to open up1624

uncurtain1628

unscreen1628

unbare1630

disenvelop1632

unclothe1632

to lay forth1633

unshroud1633

unmuffle1637

midwife1638

dissecret1640

unseal1640

unmantle1643

to fetch out1644

undisguise1655

disvelop1658

decorticate1660

clash1667

exert1692

disinter1711

to up with1715

unbundlea1739

develop1741

disembosom1745

to open out1814

to let out1833

unsack1846

uncrown1849

to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861

unfrock1866

disbosom1868

to blow the lid off1928

flush1950

surface1955

to take or pull the wraps off1964

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 7 I preye..that ye detecte It in no wyse wher that vylany It myht haue.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kiii^v Whiche illusion..as sone as it was detected & brought to lyght..anone it auoyded.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 998/1 Secret Confession, wherin men do detect their sinnes in the priestes eare.

1594 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 664 Detect and reveal still the foundations and buildings of all treasons and conspiracies.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. iii. 5 On one side the Fat besprinkled with its Vessels, and on the other side certain Muscles Detected.

1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. Pref. sig. A ij The badness of his cause was sufficiently detected by the weakness of his defence.

1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 41 I cannot Answer this Objection, without detecting a gross Ignorance in those that proposed it.

†2.

a. To expose (a person) by divulging his secrets or making known his guilt or crime; to inform against, accuse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]

wrayc725

meldeOE

bimeldena1300

forgabc1394

to blow up?a1400

outsay?a1400

detectc1449

denounce1485

ascry1523

inform1526

promote1550

peach1570

blow1575

impeach1617

wheedle1710

split1795

snitch1801

cheep1831

squeal1846

to put away1858

spot1864

report1869

squawk1872

nose1875

finger1877

ruck1884

to turn over1890

to gag on1891

shop1895

pool1907

run1909

peep1911

pot1911

copper1923

finger1929

rat1932

to blow the whistle on1934

grass1936

rat1969

to put in1975

turn1977

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)]

wrayc725

forwrayOE

beclepec1030

challenge?c1225

indict1303

appeachc1315

aditea1325

appeal1366

impeachc1380

reprovea1382

arraigna1400

calla1400

raign?a1425

to put upa1438

present?a1439

ditec1440

detectc1449

articlec1450

billc1450

peach1465

attach1480

denounce1485

aret1487

accusea1500

filea1500

delate1515

crimea1550

panel1560

articulate1563

prosecute1579

impleada1600

to have up1605

reprosecute1622

tainta1625

criminatea1646

affect1726

to pull up1799

rap1904

run1909

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 88 I detecte here no man in special.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 59/2 in Chron. I Whose last wordes..detected him of manifest ambition.

1594 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1676) 342 The Gentlewoman goeth forward, and detecteth herself of a crime.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Detect, bewray, disclose, accuse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 385 I neuer heard the absent Duke much detected for Women.

1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 9 And hee also cut a young wenches throat, lest shee should detect him.

†b. To divulge, reveal, give information of (a thing). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

areadc885

meldeOE

sayOE

yknowa1225

warnc1275

bekena1300

wraya1300

signifyc1325

declarec1340

to speak outc1384

discuss1389

notifyc1390

bida1400

advertise1447

notice1447

detectc1465

render1481

minister1536

to set outa1540

summonc1540

intimate1548

acquaint1609

phrase1614

voice1629

denote1660

unlade1717

apprise1817

aira1902

c1465 Hist. Doc. Roch. (E.E.T.S.) 7 But if it shall hap so to know any such [heresies], I shall detecte them to myn ordinarie.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 155 One of the Lieutenants discovered and detected this villainous Contrivance.

3. To find out, discover (a person) in the secret possession of some quality, or performance of some act; to find out the real character of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (in) an imposture

to see through ——a1450

to find out1545

detect1581

spot1880

tumble1901

rumble1912

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 28 b In processe of time she was detected to be one of a naughtie slanderous tongue.

1711 Medley No. 39 If he is detected of the grossest Calumnies, he goes on to repeat them again, as if nothing had happen'd.

1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. v. 99 Cleomenes..being detected of having suborned the priestess, slew himself.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. §24 You have detected a baker in selling short weight, you prosecute him for the cheat.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 214 Like a schoolboy detected in robbing an orchard.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 209 Your dishonesty shall do you no good, for I shall detect you.

4. To discover, find out, ascertain the presence, existence, or fact of (something apt to elude observation).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect

seec1300

perceivec1330

deprehend1523

wind1583

savour1602

subodorate1606

smoke1608

detect1756

to find out1883

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 263 The former obstacles must be abolished as soon as detected.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 43 We detect all the shades of meaning.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 25 It is a capital good test for detecting arsenic in any liquid whatever.

1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 55 What use were punishment, unless some sin Were first detected?

1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 373 Napoleon examined the bills of the creditors himself, detected overcharges and errors.

1854 R. I. Murchison Siluria ii. 43 Sandstone in which no other remains have been detected except fucoids.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xvi. 120 He was a man..with an eye that detected a false note in an article.

5. intransitive. To be engaged in work of detection; to act as a detective.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate crime [verb (intransitive)]

sleuth1912

detect1926

1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness iv. 105 Parker..was paid to detect and to do nothing else.

1930 M. Kennedy in D. L. Sayers Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery & Horror (1931) 2nd Ser. 276 (title) Mr. Truefitt detects.

1957 A. Christie 4.50 from Paddington xviii. 178 ‘Good evening, Inspector Craddock.’ ‘Coming to detect in the kitchen?’ asked Bryan with interest.

Derivatives

deˈtected adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed

openOE

unwrye?c1225

naked1601

unbare1624

exposed1630

detected1654

detect1661

unbareda1665

shelterless1714

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > serving to detect > detected

detected1654

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > serving to detect > detected > detected or found out

discovered1537

spiedc1597

detected1654

detect1854

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 518 To collect the detected Oar [= ore].

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 93 The detected falshood and ambition of som.

1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 217 The vilest of most openly detected Assassinates.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ii. 73 Who would not..frown it away as a detected cheat?

deˈtecting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]

discoveringa1375

nakeninga1382

bewrayingc1386

detection1471

discoverture?1473

revelationc1485

disclosinga1513

disclosurea1525

disclose1548

overture1548

patefaction1553

displaying1556

discovery1567

unripping1568

revealment1576

discoverment1578

retection1581

unmaskinga1586

unclasping?1592

denudation1593

untrussing1597

uncovering1598

detecting1604

divulging1604

divulgation1610

unvizardinga1628

exposinga1631

divulgement1632

unbowellinga1639

unfolding1646

revealinga1649

unrolling1648

pre-discovery1653

discoverance1664

unshelling1670

development1760

unveilinga1774

disclosal1786

displayment1801

divulgence1851

revelationism1854

unbosoming1910

uncovery1963

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > detection > detection of a person

deprehension1527

espial?a1562

discovery1592

detecting1604

deprension1654

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 87 Well my lord. If a steale ought the whilst this play is playing And scape detected [1623 detecting], I will pay the theft.

Draft additions 1993

b. transitive. To discover or investigate as a detective. (Chiefly in the writings of D. L. Sayers.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate or discover as a detective [verb (transitive)]

gumshoe1913

detect1928

sleuth1939

1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xvi. 192 No wonder you detect things. I will not do your worming for you!

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 39 His hobbies of detecting crimes and collecting books.

1950 E. Welty in New Yorker 1 Dec. 53/2 They'll open your case and see what there is to detect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	detect
释义	detectadj. Brit. /dᵻˈtɛkt/, U.S. /dəˈtɛk(t)/, /diˈtɛk(t)/ Etymology: < Latin dētectus, past participle of dētegĕre to detect adj. After the formation of detect v., used for some time as its past participle. Detected; disclosed; discovered; open, exposed. †a. as past participle. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 243 Thei were detecte by the olde moneye y-schewede. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 105 He was þat same day detect þat a strumpet was in his chaumbir. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. biii [I] haue detecte and declared the errours. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxix. 346 Detect I haue: my wayes to thee. b. as adj. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed openOE unwrye?c1225 naked1601 unbare1624 exposed1630 detected1654 detect1661 unbareda1665 shelterless1714 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > serving to detect > detected > detected or found out discovered1537 spiedc1597 detected1654 detect1854 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B5 Their gills are detect. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xix. 81 Detect, disowned, detested, and despised, There is no power to which ye can be true. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). detectv. Brit. /dᵻˈtɛkt/, U.S. /dəˈtɛk(t)/, /diˈtɛk(t)/ Etymology: < participial stem dētect- of Latin dētegĕre to uncover, discover, detect, < de- prefix 1f + tegĕre to cover. The earlier detect adj. was retained as past participle of the verb, till gradually displaced by detected. †1. transitive. To uncover, lay bare, expose, display (something covered up or hidden). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 7 I preye..that ye detecte It in no wyse wher that vylany It myht haue. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kiii^v Whiche illusion..as sone as it was detected & brought to lyght..anone it auoyded. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 998/1 Secret Confession, wherin men do detect their sinnes in the priestes eare. 1594 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 664 Detect and reveal still the foundations and buildings of all treasons and conspiracies. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. iii. 5 On one side the Fat besprinkled with its Vessels, and on the other side certain Muscles Detected. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. Pref. sig. A ij The badness of his cause was sufficiently detected by the weakness of his defence. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 41 I cannot Answer this Objection, without detecting a gross Ignorance in those that proposed it. †2. a. To expose (a person) by divulging his secrets or making known his guilt or crime; to inform against, accuse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 forwrayOE beclepec1030 challenge?c1225 indict1303 appeachc1315 aditea1325 appeal1366 impeachc1380 reprovea1382 arraigna1400 calla1400 raign?a1425 to put upa1438 present?a1439 ditec1440 detectc1449 articlec1450 billc1450 peach1465 attach1480 denounce1485 aret1487 accusea1500 filea1500 delate1515 crimea1550 panel1560 articulate1563 prosecute1579 impleada1600 to have up1605 reprosecute1622 tainta1625 criminatea1646 affect1726 to pull up1799 rap1904 run1909 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 88 I detecte here no man in special. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 59/2 in Chron. I Whose last wordes..detected him of manifest ambition. 1594 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1676) 342 The Gentlewoman goeth forward, and detecteth herself of a crime. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Detect, bewray, disclose, accuse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 385 I neuer heard the absent Duke much detected for Women. View more context for this quotation 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 9 And hee also cut a young wenches throat, lest shee should detect him. †b. To divulge, reveal, give information of (a thing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] speakc825 areadc885 meldeOE sayOE yknowa1225 warnc1275 bekena1300 wraya1300 signifyc1325 declarec1340 to speak outc1384 discuss1389 notifyc1390 bida1400 advertise1447 notice1447 detectc1465 render1481 minister1536 to set outa1540 summonc1540 intimate1548 acquaint1609 phrase1614 voice1629 denote1660 unlade1717 apprise1817 aira1902 c1465 Hist. Doc. Roch. (E.E.T.S.) 7 But if it shall hap so to know any such [heresies], I shall detecte them to myn ordinarie. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 155 One of the Lieutenants discovered and detected this villainous Contrivance. 3. To find out, discover (a person) in the secret possession of some quality, or performance of some act; to find out the real character of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (in) an imposture to see through ——a1450 to find out1545 detect1581 spot1880 tumble1901 rumble1912 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 28 b In processe of time she was detected to be one of a naughtie slanderous tongue. 1711 Medley No. 39 If he is detected of the grossest Calumnies, he goes on to repeat them again, as if nothing had happen'd. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. v. 99 Cleomenes..being detected of having suborned the priestess, slew himself. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. §24 You have detected a baker in selling short weight, you prosecute him for the cheat. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 214 Like a schoolboy detected in robbing an orchard. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 209 Your dishonesty shall do you no good, for I shall detect you. 4. To discover, find out, ascertain the presence, existence, or fact of (something apt to elude observation). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect seec1300 perceivec1330 deprehend1523 read1561 wind1583 savour1602 subodorate1606 smoke1608 detect1756 to find out1883 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 263 The former obstacles must be abolished as soon as detected. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 43 We detect all the shades of meaning. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 25 It is a capital good test for detecting arsenic in any liquid whatever. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 55 What use were punishment, unless some sin Were first detected? 1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 373 Napoleon examined the bills of the creditors himself, detected overcharges and errors. 1854 R. I. Murchison Siluria ii. 43 Sandstone in which no other remains have been detected except fucoids. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xvi. 120 He was a man..with an eye that detected a false note in an article. 5. intransitive. To be engaged in work of detection; to act as a detective. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate crime [verb (intransitive)] sleuth1912 detect1926 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness iv. 105 Parker..was paid to detect and to do nothing else. 1930 M. Kennedy in D. L. Sayers Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery & Horror (1931) 2nd Ser. 276 (title) Mr. Truefitt detects. 1957 A. Christie 4.50 from Paddington xviii. 178 ‘Good evening, Inspector Craddock.’ ‘Coming to detect in the kitchen?’ asked Bryan with interest. Derivatives deˈtected adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed openOE unwrye?c1225 naked1601 unbare1624 exposed1630 detected1654 detect1661 unbareda1665 shelterless1714 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > serving to detect > detected detected1654 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > serving to detect > detected > detected or found out discovered1537 spiedc1597 detected1654 detect1854 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 518 To collect the detected Oar [= ore]. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 93 The detected falshood and ambition of som. 1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 217 The vilest of most openly detected Assassinates. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ii. 73 Who would not..frown it away as a detected cheat? deˈtecting n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] discoveringa1375 nakeninga1382 bewrayingc1386 detection1471 discoverture?1473 revelationc1485 disclosinga1513 disclosurea1525 disclose1548 overture1548 patefaction1553 displaying1556 discovery1567 unripping1568 revealment1576 discoverment1578 retection1581 unmaskinga1586 unclasping?1592 denudation1593 untrussing1597 uncovering1598 detecting1604 divulging1604 divulgation1610 unvizardinga1628 exposinga1631 divulgement1632 unbowellinga1639 unfolding1646 revealinga1649 unrolling1648 pre-discovery1653 discoverance1664 unshelling1670 development1760 unveilinga1774 disclosal1786 displayment1801 divulgence1851 revelationism1854 unbosoming1910 uncovery1963 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > detection > detection of a person deprehension1527 espial?a1562 discovery1592 detecting1604 deprension1654 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 87 Well my lord. If a steale ought the whilst this play is playing And scape detected [1623 detecting], I will pay the theft. Draft additions 1993 b. transitive. To discover or investigate as a detective. (Chiefly in the writings of D. L. Sayers.) ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate or discover as a detective [verb (transitive)] gumshoe1913 detect1928 sleuth1939 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xvi. 192 No wonder you detect things. I will not do your worming for you! 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 39 His hobbies of detecting crimes and collecting books. 1950 E. Welty in New Yorker 1 Dec. 53/2 They'll open your case and see what there is to detect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1387v.1447
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detectadj.

detectv.

Derivatives

Draft additions 1993