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spiare

spiare [ME spien, AN espier], to seek information about, to look for, spy on. 1286 pro passagio Mathei Escheker et Basculi balistarii euntium ‥ ad ~andum quemdam latronem ‥ iij d. (KR Ac 351/28 m. 3) Rec. Wardr. 228; Willelmo ‥ eunti ‥ in diversis partibus Anglie ad ~andos latrones et malefactores regni cum viij archeriis Ib. 275; ad ~andos et capiendos latrones Ib. 391.

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