- 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 chords of the guitar take up the refrain, and Captain Stevenson, turning, espies Carol.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Harold Piffard
“The creature is about to pounce on some deer he sees feeding in the thicket,” whispered John; “or perhaps he espies a tapir, and hopes to bring it to the ground.”
From On the Banks of the Amazon by William H. C. Groome
Ship in sight is none; three stags he espies straying on the shore; behind whole herds follow, and graze in long train across the valley.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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