'Detect' definitions:
Definition of 'detect'
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Definition of 'Detect'
From: GCIDE
- Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.] Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detect'
From: GCIDE
- Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. Detectable
Synonyms of 'detect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Detect'
- Detectable,
- Detected,
- Detecter,
- Detectible,
- Detecting,
- Detection,
- Detective,
- detective agency,
- detective novel,
- detective story,
- detective work,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- police detective,
- private detective,
- signal detection,
- store detective,
- explosive detection system,
- explosive trace detection,
- radio detection and ranging,
- ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system