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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]
1. 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.
2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. --Sir T. More.
Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), adjective [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See {Tegument}.] Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
detect
verb: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {observe}, {find}, {discover}, {notice}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "detect": ascertain, catch, descry, determine, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, feel, find, find out, hit, identify, locate, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, recognize, scent, see, sense, smell, spot, spy, uncover, unearth
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