1) Behold 2) Catch a glimpse of 3) Catch sight of 4) Come to see 5) Detect 6) Discern 7) Espy 8) Find out 9) French word used in English 10) Make out 11) Notice in the distance 12) Perceive 13) Sight 14) Spot 15) To discern or detect 16) To discover 17) To discover by the eye 18) To espy 19) To reveal 1) Detect 2) Espy 3) See 4) Spot 
• (n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. • (v. t.) To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. • (v. t.) To discover; to disclose; to reveal.
De·scry' noun Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [ Obsolete] « Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought.» Shak. De·scry' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Descried ; present participle & verbal noun Descrying .] [ Middle English descrien , discrien , to espy, probably from the proclaiming of what was espied, from Old Fren...
catch sight of see something in the distance 
[v] - catch sight of
spot verb catch sight of
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land. · to discover; perceive; detect.
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