espy
verb /ɪˈspaɪ/
/ɪˈspaɪ/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they espy | /ɪˈspaɪ/ /ɪˈspaɪ/ |
| he / she / it espies | /ɪˈspaɪz/ /ɪˈspaɪz/ |
| past simple espied | /ɪˈspaɪd/ /ɪˈspaɪd/ |
| past participle espied | /ɪˈspaɪd/ /ɪˈspaɪd/ |
| -ing form espying | /ɪˈspaɪɪŋ/ /ɪˈspaɪɪŋ/ |
- espy somebody/something to see somebody/something suddenly synonym sight (2), spyWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan. Compare with spy.