Meaning of Espy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A scout or spy.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. A census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.
   obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Howe the right and lawes of the land / Were execute, and who durſt take in hand / To diſobey his ſtatutes and decrees, / If they were well kept in all countrees: / Of theſe he made ſubtile inueſtigation / Of his owne eſpie, and other mens relation.”

“When as the Eagle, Ioves great bird, did ſee her enemy, / Sharpe warre in th' ayre with beake ſhe did prepare / Gainſt Serpent feeding in the wood, after eſpy / Cauſe it her egges and young fiercely in peeces tare.”

“Hobomak as confidently aſſured vs it was falſe, and ſent his vvife as an eſpy to ſee; […]”

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