esprit diva

An aromatic liquor made from a composite plant, Ptarmic a (Achillea) moschata, ( Lindley.) *ěs-prŷşed', a. [O. Fr.esprise .] Taken. "She that was so mutch or more esprysed with the ragrag ing and in toller able fire of love." -Palace of Pleasure , vol. 1i., § 8. ěs-py', *es-pi-en, *es-py-en, *as-pi-en, v . t . & i. [Old Fr. espier; Fr. épier ; cogn. with O. H. Ger. spehón; M. H. Ger. spehen ; Ger.spähen to watch; Lat. specio=to look; Gr. skeptomai =to look, to spy; Sansc. pac , spac =to spy; Ital. spiare ; Sw. speja ; Dan. speide .] A. Transitive : 1. To see things at a distance; to discover. "They espying Little-Faith where he was, came galloping up with speed."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 2. To discover; to see unexpectedly or suddenly. "As one of them opened his sack he espied his money." -Genesis xliii. 27. *3. To spy out; to examine as a spy. "Moses sent me to espy out the land, and I brought him word again." -Joshua xiv. 7. 4. To discover or spy out something intended to be hidden; to detect. "He who before he was espied was afraid, after being perceived was ashamed, now being hardly rubbed upon, left both fear and shame, and was moved to anger."Sidney. 5. To detect, to discern, to understand. "The mother of the Soudan, well of vices Espied hath her sonnes plaine entente." *6. To watch, to observe. Chaucer. C. Т. , 4,744. "Now question me no more; we are espyed." B. Intransitive: Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , ii. 3. 1. To spy; to watch or look out narrowly. it is said, of sixty miles a day for several succe ive days. ěs-quïre, s . [O. Fr. esquier , escuyer ; Fr.écuyer, from Low Lat. scutarius=a shield-bearer; Lat. scutum; O. Fr. escut, escu; Fr.écu =a shield; Sp. escudero; Ital. scudiere; Port. escudeiro .] *1. The armor-bearer or attendant on a knight. "His esquire or armor-bearer that stuck close to his side was wounded."-P. Holland : Ammianus Mar cell in us, p. 253. 2. In England : A title of dignity, next in degree below a knight. It is properly given to the younger sons of noblemen, the eldest sons of baronets and knights-bachelor, officers of the king's courts or household, barristers at law, sheriffs, justices of the peace, gentlemen holding commi ions in the army, navy, . But the title is commonly given to all profe ional and literary men, and is, indeed, in ordinary usage treated as a mere complimentary adjunct to a person's name in the addre es of letters, in which cases it is abbreviated to Esq. "His wife and his children are dear to him, and have an equal right to be fed and clothed with those of the esquire or farmer." -Knox: E ays, No. x. 3. In the United States: The title is most frequently applied to justices of the peace and lawyers. *4. A gentleman acting as an escort or attendant upon a lady.