Detect(a.) Detected.
Detect(v. t.) 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.
Detect(v. t.) To inform against; to accuse.
Detectable(a.) Alt. of Detectible
Detected(imp. & p. p.) of Detect
Detecter(n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
Detectible(a.) Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
Detecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detect
Detection(n.) The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Detective(a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Detective(n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
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