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What does espying mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of espy
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A telescope is perched by a dormer window on the second floor for espying Blood Point Bar Lighthouse at the tip of Kent Island across the Eastern Bay.
The first wars of the 21st century have also unfolded there, in Afghanistan, Iraq, western Sudan and Lebanon. This being so, the West has a long history of espying new spectres in the region.
Only John Melia, a spokesman for Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America, the union representing the locked-out workers, grows impassioned, in the manner of a kamikaze pilot espying a large aircraft carrier.
Espying her son, now released, in the distance, she is unable to contain her maternal joy.
Aeneas, espying him in the deep columns, makes on to meet him.
Espying the mate drawing near as he was toiling at the pump with the rest, the Lakeman affected not to notice him, but unawed, went on with his gay banterings.

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