Detect and Figure

Detect

Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

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Figure and detect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Detect".

Figure verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Detect and figure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Indeed, one way to detect whether such a figure is good is how he regards the misery or deaths of the faceless masses; even not knowing any of them, the Reasonable Authority Figure will not regard them as A Million Is a Statistic and if he must sacrifice them, will regard it as Dirty Business.

Source: Comes Great Responsibility
Tales of MU runs on this where the laws of magic will change if they detect someone trying to figure them out.

Source: Wrong Context Magic
Explicitly averted in Tales of MU, where the laws of magic will change if they detect someone trying to figure them out.

Source: Magic A Is Magic A

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