De-tēct', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DETECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DETECTING.] [Lat. detegere, detectum, from de and tegere, to cover.] 1. To uncover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime, a criminal, or his hiding-place. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More. Syn.—To discover; find out; lay open; expose.