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. [1913 Webster] Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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]: detecting n : a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: {detection}, {detective work}, {sleuthing}]
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