Behold vs Espy - What's the difference?
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To see, or to look at.
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To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
* Jeremy Taylor
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
* Bible, Jer. xlviii. 19
Behold is a related term of espy.
In lang=en terms the difference between behold and espy
is that behold is to see, or to look at while espy is to look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.As verbs the difference between behold and espy
is that behold is to see, or to look at while espy is to catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.behold
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Usage notes
Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.Synonyms
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* beholder ** eye of the beholderReferences
* * English irregular verbs ----espy
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- He sends angels to espy us in all our ways.
- Stand by the way, and espy .