LekhoriLekhoriAn act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
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.
A scout or spy.
Hobomak as confidently aſſured vs it was falſe, and ſent his vvife as an eſpy to ſee; […]
A surname.
A census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
From Middle English aspien, espien (“to make covert observations of (a person or place) with hostile intent, to spy on; to seek to discover by spying; to act as a spy; to catch sight of, see; to look ...
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To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly.
[…] I chaunced to eſpie thys foraſyde Peter talkynge wyth a certeyne ſtraunger a man well ſtryken in age wyth a blake sonne burned face, a longe bearde and a cloke catſe homely about hys ſhoulders, whom by hys fauour & apparrel forthwythe I iudged to be a maryner.
To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.
The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.