To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.
1 Soon I espy a man below me sauntering down among the rocks.
2 And, Bon Bec,' quoth he, 'I espy in thee a lamentable fault.
3 Well, said Gawaine, hold you still and we shall espy our time.
4 And what should Hercules espy there, but an old man, fast asleep!
5 So he sent on his part men to espy what deeds he did.
6 But no one came, as I expected, neither could I espy a light.
7 Somebody might espy the light in the house and wonder.
8 We looked in vain to espy the signs of it.
9 No sooner did this group espy the artist than they moved in his direction.
10 His body appears to espy some one in the distance.
11 With that he looked over her shoulder to espy Madeline.
12 He would espy some shadow moving behind the veil.
13 There were no tall trees near behind which we could run should he espy us.
14 She escaped, hoping he would not espy her feet.
15 I've lodged them with the Capuchins, where not even a prying sunbeam can espy them.
16 He would espy the beauty of an old binding through any amount of abrasion and laceration.
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