01 a. Detected.
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Detected.[Obs.]
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Detect
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Detected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Detecting
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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.
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To inform against; to accuse.[Obs.]“He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of.” — Sir T. More.