See also: espié and espíe

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Verb edit

espie

  1. Obsolete form of espy.

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Galician edit

Verb edit

espie

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of espiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Old French edit

Etymology edit

See the verb espier. Compare also Italian spia, Spanish espía.

Noun edit

espie oblique singularm (oblique plural espies, nominative singular espies, nominative plural espie)

  1. spy
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou[1]:
      Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
      Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.
      As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
      to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: espie
  • Middle English: spie, spye
    • English: spy (noun)

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

espie

  1. inflection of espiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative