transitive verb
1. : to seek or find as if by smelling : ferret out
its task remained unchanged: to smell out and sweep away ruthlessly all opposition to the dictator — W.C.Bullitt
2. : to detect (as a witch) by divination
transitive verb
1. : to seek or find as if by smelling : ferret out
its task remained unchanged: to smell out and sweep away ruthlessly all opposition to the dictator — W.C.Bullitt
2. : to detect (as a witch) by divination
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012