spying : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spying	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spying n keeping a secret or furtive watch the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes Synonym(s): spying, undercover work the act of detecting something; catching sight of something Synonym(s): detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spy \Spy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spying}.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. [82]pier, OHG. speh[?]n, G. sp[84]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa([?]). [?] 169. Cf. {Espy}, v.t., {Aspect}, {Auspice}, {Circumspect}, {Conspicuouc}, {Despise}, {Frontispiece}, {Inspect}, {Prospect}, {Respite}, {Scope}, {Scecimen}, {Spectacle}, {Specter}, {Speculate}, {Spice}, {Spite}, {Suspicion}.] To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see. One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration. --Swift. 2. To discover by close search or examination. Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. --Latimer. 3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out. Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. --Num. xxi. 32.