espy
verb (used with object)
to see at a distance; catch sight of.
have espied
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present perfectof espy.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Eagles that flew high over the warm bright Mediterranean last week could have espied a slim black object floating on the water beneath them.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the dimness of its dreary day few things even in that land of vigilance could have espied them, save from close at hand.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It was doubtful if Hardman or Matthews could have espied Pan first, unless they were hidden somewhere.
From Valley of Wild Horses by Zane Grey
And therefore let us hold us together till it be day, and when their host have espied that their chieftains be slain, they will make such dole that they shall no more help themselves.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
So soon as they have espied her, they carry her in their claws and make her the greatest cheer in the world.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
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