1. A person sent into an enemys camp to inspect their works, ascertain their works, ascertain their strength and their intentions, to watch their movements, and secretly communicate intelligence to the proper officer. By the laws of war among all civilized nations, a spy is subjected to capital punishment.

2. A person deputed to watch the conduct of others.

3. One who watches the conduct of others.

These wretched spies of wit.

SPY,

1. To see to gain sight of to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment. It is the same as espy as, to spy land from the mast head of a ship.

As tiger spied two gentle fawns.

One in reading skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.

2. To discover by close search or examination as, a lawyer in examining the pleadings in a case, spies a defect.

3. To explore to view, inspect and examine secretly as a country usually with out.

Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. Numbers 21 .

SPY, To search narrowly to scrutinize.

It is my natures plague to spy into abuse.

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