- present tense form of espy (3rd person singular).
espies
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A man who stops for gas a sign espies That says a dog out back has quite a knack.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
Behind peppy songs like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” Mr. Mac espies a frantic need to forget those horrors.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
The anxious father espies a merchant wending slowly along the highway and hails him.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
At this moment, however, the leader espies a small tuft of grass on the face of the desert, and, reasoning that water must be flowing somewhere underneath, inspires his exhausted followers to new exertions.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
At last he espies the friendly light in the cottage.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
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