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  • 31see — vb 1 See, behold, descry, espy, view, survey, contemplate, observe, notice, remark, note, perceive, discern can all mean to take cognizance of something by physical or sometimes mental vision. See, the most general of these terms, may be used to… …

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  • 32décri — (dé kri) s. m. 1°   Action de crier en rabaissant, perte de réputation, d estime. •   Dans ce grand décri de l idolâtrie, que commençaient à causer dans toute l Asie les prédications de saint Paul, BOSSUET Hist. univ. II, 12. •   Le décri où… …

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  • 33discover — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. uncover, reveal, disclose, manifest; find, espy, descry; detect, unearth; realize. See disclosure, vision, knowledge, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. find, find out, invent, learn, ascertain,… …

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  • 35detect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. discover, find out, perceive, espy, ferret out. See learning, knowledge, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To find out] Syn. distinguish, recognize, identify; see discover . 2. [To identify a… …

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  • 36distinguish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. differentiate, characterize; separate, discriminate; discern, pick out; honor. See difference, taste, vision. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make distinctions] Syn. discriminate, discriminate between,… …

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  • 37spot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. place, locality, site; blotch, dapple, speckle, macula; smear, spatter, daub, blot; blemish, flaw, stain, stigma. See location, disrepute. on the spot II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. prompt, ready,… …

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  • 38spy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. secret agent, scout, undercover man, informer, stool pigeon, mole (sl.). See information, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. secret agent, intelligence agent, counterintelligence agent, counterspy,… …

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  • 39hear — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To perceive by ear] Syn. listen to, hearken, hark, give attention, attend to, make out, auscultate, become aware of, catch, descry, apprehend, take in, eavesdrop, detect, perceive by the ear, overhear, take cognizance of,… …

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  • 40scry — 1520s, “to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future; aphetic of DESCRY (Cf. descry) (1). Related: Scried; scrying …

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