espy
verb
[ ɪˈspʌɪ ]
• catch sight of.
• "she espied her daughter rounding the corner"
Similar:
catch sight of,
glimpse,
catch/get a glimpse of,
see,
spot,
spy,
notice,
observe,
make out,
discern,
perceive,
pick out,
sight,
detect,
have sight of,
clap/lay/set eyes on,
behold,
descry,
Opposite:
lose sight of,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan . Compare with spy.
