espy
verb (used with object)
to see at a distance; catch sight of.
unespied
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a word derived from
espy.
Example Sentences
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His prudence kept him from refusing the present; Dut his pride determined him, on his departure, to bury it while he fancied that he was unespied by all the world.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John by David Hume
But not on the Helper Hermes did sleep take hold as he sought within his heart how he should guide forth king Priam from the ships unespied of the trusty sentinels.
From The Iliad by Homer
So all ere day-spring, under conscious night, Secret they finished, and in order set, With silent circumspection, unespied.
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
When mortals are at rest, And snorting in their nest, Unheard and unespied Through keyholes we do glide: Over tables, stools, and shelves.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
Where the remote Bermudas ride In the ocean's bosom unespied, From a small boat that row'd along The listening woods received this song.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
