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Discern

Discern Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discern? [v] detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discern: distinguish \| make out \| pick out \| recognise \| recognize \| tell apart Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discern: anticipate \| appreciate \| apprehend \| ascertain \| be acquainted with \| be apprised of \| be aware of \| be cognizant of \| be conscious of \| be conversant with \| be informed \| behold \| catch sight of \| clap eyes on \| cognize \| come alive \| comprehend \| conceive \| conceptualize \| descry \| detect \| difference \| differentiate \| discover \| discriminate \| distinguish \| divine \| espy \| extricate \| fathom \| foresee \| glimpse \| grasp \| have \| have in sight \| have information about \| have knowledge of \| identify \| ken \| know \| lay eyes on \| look on \| look upon \| make out \| note \| notice \| observe \| penetrate \| perceive \| pick out \| pick up \| pierce \| plumb \| possess \| prehend \| realize \| recognize \| remark \| savvy \| see \| see daylight \| see into \| see the light \| see through \| seize \| sense \| separate \| sever \| sight \| spot \| spy \| take in \| twig \| understand \| view \| witness \| wot \| wot of See Also \| comprehend \| discriminate \| perceive \| resolve Discern In Webster's Dictionary \Discern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discerned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discerning}.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See {Certain}, and cf. {Discreet}.] 1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. --Boyle. A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference. And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. --Prov. vii. 7. Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. --Beattie. I wake, and I discern the truth. --Tennyson. Syn: To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See {Perceive}. \Discern"\, v. i. 1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood. More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. --Jonah iv. 11. 2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Discern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discern?

[v] detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

See Also | comprehend | discriminate | perceive | resolve

Discern In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discerned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Discerning}.] [F. discerner, L. discernere,
discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See
{Certain}, and cf. {Discreet}.]
1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences;
   to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to
   distinguish.

         To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
                                               --Boyle.

         A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern
         from a right stone.                   --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).

2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and
   recognize; as, to discern a difference.

         And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned
         among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
                                               --Prov. vii.
                                               7.

         Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to
         discern the minute texture of visible objects.
                                               --Beattie.

         I wake, and I discern the truth.      --Tennyson.

Syn: To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate;
     discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See {Perceive}.


\Dis*cern"\, v. i.
1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction;
   as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

         More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern
         between their right hand their left.  --Jonah iv.
                                               11.

2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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