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Audio Help [di-surn, -zurn] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
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| 1. | to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon. |
| 2. | to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong. |
| 3. | to distinguish or discriminate. |
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Discern
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v. dis·cerned, dis·cern·ing, dis·cerns v. tr.
v. intr. To perceive differences. [Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere, to separate : dis-, apart; see dis- + cernere, to perceive; see krei- in Indo-European roots.] dis·cern'er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
discern
c.1374, from O.Fr. discerner "distinguish, separate" (by sifting), from L. discernere, from dis- "off, away" + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 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" [syn: spot] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
discern [diˈsəːn] verb
to see or realize; to notice
Example: We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.
Example: We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Discern
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Discern
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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