espie

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See also: espié and espíe

English

Verb

espie

  1. Obsolete form of espy.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

espie

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of espiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Old French

Etymology

See the verb espier. Compare also Italian spia, Spanish espía.

Noun

espie oblique singularm (oblique plural espies, nominative singular espies, nominative plural espie)

  1. spy
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
      Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.
      As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
      to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.

Descendants

  • Middle French: espie
  • Middle English: spie, spye
    • English: spy (noun)

Portuguese

Verb

espie

  1. inflection of espiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative