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verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to distinguish or discriminate.
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Discern
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Example Sentences
- We have a lot of rain ahead, depending on which direction it's moving, which I have been unable to discern so far.
- But what is important is we should have enough intelligence to discern between truth and a lie.
- Only recently have paleontologists been able to discern the pattern of their evolution.
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Word Origin & History
discern
late 14c., from O.Fr. discerner "distinguish, separate" (by sifting), from L. discernere, from dis- "off, away" + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis). Related: Discerned.
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