■ verb
1》 discover or identify the presence or existence of.
2》 discover or investigate (a crime or its perpetrators).
3》 discern (something intangible or barely perceptible).
Derivatives
~able adjective
~ably adverb
~ion noun
Origin
ME: from L. ~- , detegere 'uncover' from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere 'to cover'.