1. to search after a thief or theft, search a house , (Aristophanes Comicus)

2. in Pass. to be detected , (Demosthenes Orator); with participle, κλέπτης ὢν φωρᾶσθαι (Demosthenes Orator); so, κακὸς [ ὢν] ἐφωράθη φίλοις (Euripides):—;also of things, ἀργύριον ἐφωράθη ἐξαγόμενον money was discovered to be in course of exportation, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)