Thesaurus / espy
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It is proposed to form this ascending column of air by kindling large fires which, Mr. Espy says, are known to produce rain.
THE RAIN CLOUDANONYMOUSHe would espy the beauty of an old binding through any amount of abrasion and laceration.
THERE AND BACKGEORGE MACDONALDHe had such remarkable eyesight that he could espy the ear of a squirrel projecting above the highest limb of a tall white oak.
TALES OF LONELY TRAILSZANE GREYKing Eterscél's folk espy that house and suppose that it was food that the cowherds kept there.
THE HARVARD CLASSICS, VOLUME 49, EPIC AND SAGAVARIOUSEspy still lived, still loved her; they might yet be restored to each other.
SIGNING THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IT COSTMARTHA FINLEYBut God had another work to work than the eyes of men could espy.
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLANDJOHN KNOXBut no one came, as I expected, neither could I espy a light.
LORNA DOONER. D. BLACKMOREAs soon as you enter the town and pass up the main street, you espy groups of the students here and there.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS;HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTHHer sharp eyes would espy him from afar, and she might ask Lesley if he had been to church with her.
BROOKE'S DAUGHTERADELINE SERGEANTThitherward I straight dispatch Certain of these my scouts, who shall espy If any on the surface bask.
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WORDS RELATED TO ESPY
- ascertaining
- bringing to light
- catching
- coming across
- coming upon
- conceiving
- contriving
- debunking
- designing
- detecting
- determining
- devising
- digging up
- discerning
- disclosing
- distinguishing
- eliciting
- espying
- exploring
- ferreting out
- getting wind of
- getting wise to
- glimpsing
- hearing
- identifying
- inventing
- learning
- light upon
- locating
- looking up
- nose out
- noticing
- observing
- originating
- perceiving
- picking up on
- pioneering
- realizing
- recognizing
- revealing
- seeing
- sensing
- smoking out
- spotting
- thinking of
- turning up
- unearthing
- ascertains
- brings to light
- catches
- comes across
- comes upon
- conceives
- contrives
- debunks
- designs
- detects
- determines
- devises
- digs up
- discerns
- discloses
- distinguishes
- elicits
- espies
- explores
- ferrets out
- gets wind of
- gets wise to
- glimpses
- hears
- identifies
- invents
- learns
- light upon
- locates
- looks up
- nose out
- notices
- observes
- originates
- perceives
- picks up on
- pioneers
- realizes
- recognizes
- reveals
- sees
- senses
- smokes out
- spots
- thinks of
- turns up
- unearths
- alight upon
- bearing
- bumping into
- chance upon
- closing
- coming across
- coming upon
- confronting
- crossing the path
- descrying
- detecting
- espying
- experiencing
- facing
- falling in with
- finding
- fronting
- hitting upon
- meeting
- meeting up with
- rubbing eyeballs
- running across
- running into
- running smack into
- suffering
- sustaining
- turning up
- undergoing
- arrive at
- bring to light
- bump into
- chance upon
- collar
- come across
- come up with
- come upon
- corral
- descry
- detect
- dig up
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- encounter
- espy
- expose
- fall in with
- ferret out
- happen upon
- hit upon
- identify
- lay fingers on
- light upon
- locate
- make out
- meet
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- pinpoint
- recognize
- recover
- run across
- run into
- scare up
- sight
- smoke out
- spot
- strike
- stumble upon
- track down
- trip on
- turn up
- uncover
- unearth
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