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detect
detect
4 definitions found
for detect
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of
detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See
Tegument.]
Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]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.
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Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
last. --Burke.
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Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
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2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
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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. Detectable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
detect
v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";
"We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect,
observe, find, discover, notice]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "detect":
ascertain, catch, descry, determine, dig up, discern, discover,
distinguish, encounter, espy, feel, find, find out, hit, identify,
locate, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read,
recognize, scent, see, sense, smell, spot, spy, uncover, unearth