GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Detect (dḗ‑tĕktˈ), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.] Detected. [Obs.]  Fabyan.
   
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   Detect (dḗ‑tĕktˈ), v. t. [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.”
   
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   Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke.
   
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   Like following life through creatures you dissect,
   
   You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.
   
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   2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
   
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   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.