What does Espy mean?
Definitions for Espy
ɪˈspaɪes·py
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Princeton's WordNet
descry, spot, espy, spyverb
catch sight of
Wiktionary
espyverb
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.
espyverb
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
espyverb
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Espyverb
Etymology: espier, French.
He who before he was espied was afraid, after being perceived was ashamed, now being hardly rubbed upon, left both fear and shame, and was moved to anger. Philip Sidney.
Few there are of so weak capacity but publick evils they easily espy; fewer so patient as not to complain, when the grievous inconveniences thereof doth work sensible smart. Hook.
And as one of them opened his sack, he espied his money. Gen. xl. 27.
Moses sent me to espy out the land, and I brought him word again. Jos. xiv. 7.
To Espyverb
To watch; to look about.
Stand by the way and espy; ask him that fleeth what is done. Jer. xlvii. 19.
Wikipedia
espy
An ESPY Award (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) is an accolade currently presented by the American broadcast television network ABC, and previously ESPN (as of the 2017 ESPY Awards the latter still airs them in the form of replays), to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony. The first ESPYs were awarded in 1993. Because of the ceremony's rescheduling prior to the 2002 iteration thereof, awards presented in 2002 were for achievement and performances during the seventeen-plus previous months. As the similarly styled Grammy (for music), Emmy (for television), Academy Award (for film), and Tony (for theater), the ESPYs are hosted by a contemporary celebrity; the style, though, is lighter, more relaxed and self-referential than many other awards shows, with comedic sketches usually included. From the show's inception to 2004, ESPY Award winners were chosen only through voting by fans. Since 2004, sportswriters, broadcasters, sports executives, and sportspersons, collectively experts; or ESPN personalities also vote. Award winners have been selected thereafter exclusively through online fan balloting conducted from amongst candidates selected by the ESPY Select Nominating Committee.
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espy
To espy generally means to catch sight of or to notice something or someone from a distance, often with careful visual observation. It can be used as a reference to discovering, detecting or to becoming aware of something not immediately obvious.
Webster Dictionary
Espyverb
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
Espyverb
to inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe
Espyverb
to look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy
Espynoun
a spy; a scout
Etymology: [OF. espie. See Espy, v., Spy.]
Wikidata
Espy
Espy is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Espy
es-pī′, v.t. to watch: to see at a distance: to catch sight of: to observe: to discover unexpectedly.—n. Espī′al, the act of espying: observation. [O. Fr. espier, from root of spy.]
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ESPY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Espy is ranked #15748 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Espy surname appeared 1,851 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Espy.
77.1% or 1,428 total occurrences were White.
16.3% or 302 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.6% or 49 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for Espy »
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Espy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Espy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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