Usually means: Noticed or observed something briefly.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. espied: Merriam-Webster
  2. espied: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. espied: Collins English Dictionary
  4. espied: Vocabulary.com
  5. espied: Wordnik
  6. espied: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. espied: Wiktionary
  8. Espied, espied: Dictionary.com
  9. Espied: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Espied: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. espied: FreeDictionary.org
  12. espied: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. espied: Legal dictionary

(Note: See espy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Espy)

verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.
verb:  To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly.
verb:  (obsolete)
verb:  To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.
verb:  To become aware of (a fact, information, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To observe as a spy, to spy; also, to examine or observe carefully; or to look out or watch.
noun:  (countable)
noun:  An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
noun:  A scout or spy.
noun:  (uncountable) The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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