De*tect" (dē*tĕkt"), 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" (dē*tĕkt"), a. [L.
detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect;
de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]
Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.