Detected

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), 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.
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              Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
              at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
              last.                                 --Burke.
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              Like following life through creatures you dissect,
              You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
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     2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
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              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. Detectable

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detected
       adj 1: perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic
              material" [ant: {undetected}]
       2: perceived with the mind; "he winced at the detected flicker
          of irony in her voice"