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espying

A form of espy — 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.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of espy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with espying

trying buying flying applying dying lying crying drying denying spying tying complying implying frying dyeing defying vying undying prying sighing plying scrying decrying retrying

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APA

espying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espying

MLA

“espying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “espying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espying.

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