espy vs meet with

espy

verb
  • To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot. 

  • To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly. 

meet with

verb
  • To encounter; to experience. 

  • To contact or touch (something). 

  • To have a meeting with (someone). 

  • To strike (something). 

  • To answer (something) with; to respond to (something) with. 

How often have the words espy and meet with occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )