De*tect" (d&esl;*t&ebreve;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.
De*tect" (d&esl;*t&ebreve;kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere
to cover. See Tegument.]
Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.
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