Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detect"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detect
v 1: 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}]
2: determine the existence of; "We detected traces of the
poison in her food"
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