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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detected
adj
  1. perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material"
    Antonym(s): undetected
  2. perceived with the mind; "he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detect \De*tect"\ (d[esl]*t[ecr]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]
      1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
            as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake
            in an account.
  
                     Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
                     at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
                     last.                                                --Burke.
  
                     Like following life through creatures you dissect,
                     You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
  
      2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
  
                     He was untruly judged to have preached such articles
                     as he was detected of.                        --Sir T. More.
  
      Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
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