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What's The Definition Of Detect?
[v] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Detect: discover | find | notice | observe Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | catch out | find out | instantiate | see | sense | sight | trace Detect In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] 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. |
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