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descry
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synonyms: espy, ~shufti, ~dekko ???
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Definition:to catch sight of
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I set sail on the twenty-fourth day of September 1701, at six in the morning; and when I had gone about four-leagues to the northward, the wind being at south-east, at six in the evening I descried a small island, about half a league to the north-west.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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There, too, she descried Stiva, and there she saw the exquisite figure and head of Anna in a black velvet gown.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Dost thou think Euphues such a dastard, that he is not able to withstand thy courage, or such a dullard that he cannot descry thy craft?
John Lyly. The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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I lay on the earthwork for some time with my chin on my hand, descrying traces of Miss Havisham and Estella all over the prospect,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Nimbly springing up on the triangular raised box in the bow, the savage stood erect there, and with intensely eager eyes gazed off towards the spot where the chase had last been descried.
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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