31 March 2018
espy
[ih-spahy]
verb (used with object), espied, espying.
1. to see at a distance; catch sight of.
Origin of espy
Middle English, Old French, German
1175-1225; Middle English espyen; Old French espier ≪ Germanic; compare German spähen to spy
Related forms
unespied, adjective
Synonyms
discern, descry, discover, perceive, make out.
Espy
[es-pee]
noun
1. James Pollard [pol-erd] (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
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Examples from the Web for espy
Contemporary Examples
But in 2003, Foxx hilariously sang a tribute to Serena Williams at the espy Awards.
13 Award Show Hosts Dos and Don’ts
Sujay Kumar
November 29, 2010
Historical Examples
If danger lay there I could not espy it nor detect its presence.
The House Under the Sea
Sir Max Pemberton
There were no tall trees near behind which we could run should he espy us.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
W.H.G. Kingston
As soon as we were outside the door, whom should we espy there, in the large hall, just at the entrance?
Cuore (Heart)
Edmondo De Amicis
I’ve lodged them with the Capuchins, where not even a prying sunbeam can espy them.
Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy
Friedrich Schiller
“I should like to buy the squirrel, if espy will sell him,” said Phonny.
Stuyvesant
Jacob Abbott
They rode on rapidly, intending to go to the house and inquire for espy.
Stuyvesant
Jacob Abbott
No,” said the great boy; “it belongs to espy, and I am going to keep it for him.
Stuyvesant
Jacob Abbott
But God had ane other work to wyrk then the eyes of men could espy.
The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)
John Knox
Now and then one could espy amongst the branches a beautiful mot-mot.
A Glimpse at Guatemala
Anne Cary Maudslay
Today’s quote
What if … we stopped celebrating busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?
– Greg McKeown
On this day
31 March 1992 – the Warsaw Pact ends. This was a defence treaty between the Soviet Union and Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe.
31 March 1993 – death of Brandon Lee on set, while filming ‘The Crow’, during a scene in which Lee’s character, Eric Draven, was shot. A real bullet had been lodged in the barrel of the pistol used and when the dummy bullet was loaded and fired, it triggered the real bullet which hit and fatally wounded Lee. Lee is the son of martial arts champion, Bruce Lee. He was to marry his fiance, Eliza Hutton, on 17 April 1993. ‘The Crow’ was dedicated to Brandon and Eliza.
31 March 2005 – death of Terry Schiavo who was the centre of the most prolonged right-to-die case in U.S. history. She had collapsed in 1990 from a cardiac arrest and entered a coma from which she did not recover. Doctors declared her to be in a ‘persistent vegetative state’. Her husband petitioned the court in 1998 to remove her feeding tubes, but her parents opposed the request. The case ran from 1998 – 2005 with numerous petitions to either remove the tubes or to keep them in. Terry died 13 days after her feeding tubes were removed on order of the court in 2005.
31 March 2017 – death of Gilbert Baker, American artist and gay rights activist, who designed the ‘rainbow flag’ in 1978 which came to symbolise the gay rights movement. Born 2 June 1951.