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

Volscens is mad with rage, and nowhere espies the sender of the weapon, nor where to direct his fury.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Now, borne along, beneath him he espies The sides precipitous and towering peak Of rugged Atlas, who upholds the skies.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Then from his bed he 'soon' arose,45 And to his pallace gate he goes; Full little then this beggar knowes When she the king espies.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various