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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern
              between their right hand their left.  --Jonah iv.
                                                    11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
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              To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
                                                    --Boyle.
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              A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern
              from a right stone.                   --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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     2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and
        recognize; as, to discern a difference.
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              And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned
              among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
                                                    --Prov. vii.
                                                    7.
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              Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to
              discern the minute texture of visible objects.
                                                    --Beattie.
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              I wake, and I discern the truth.      --Tennyson.
  
     Syn: To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate;
          discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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" [syn: recognize,
            recognise, distinguish, pick out, make out, tell
           apart]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 διακρίνω, ξεχωρίζω, αντιλαμβάνομαι τη διαφορά που χωρίζει κάποιον ή
  κάτι από κάποιον ή από κάτι άλλο
     2 βλέπω, διακρίνω, παρατηρώ, αντιλαμβάνομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the
  eyes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the
  eyes.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the
  eyes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the
  eyes.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     Englanti vb.
     1 huomata
     2 havaita
     3 erottaa (''abstrakteja asioita'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discern
     Engelska vb.
     1 urskilja, skilja (mellan = between), åtskilja, känna, överväga
     2 urskilja, inse
     3 urskilja, skönja, märka, upptäcka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Discern /dɪsˈɜːn/
  الرؤية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  discern //dɪˈsɜːn// //dɪˈsɝn// //dɪˈzɜːn// //dɪˈzɝn// 
  1. съзирам
  to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
  2. различавам, разпознавам
  to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
  3. различавам
  to perceive differences
  4. забелязвам
  to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/ 
  rozeznat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/ 
  unterscheiden 
   see: discerning, discerned, discerns, discerned
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/
  
  διαβλέπω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  discern //dɪˈsɜːn// //dɪˈsɝn// //dɪˈzɜːn// //dɪˈzɝn// 
  1. havaita, huomata, nähdä
  to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
  2. erottaa
  to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
  3. havaita
  to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/ 
  1. देखना, पता~लगाना
        "It is hard to discern how the market will react to the political developments."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/
  razabrati, razaznati, razlikovati se

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  discern /dɪˈsɜ:n/ 
   1.  dostrzegać
   2.  spostrzegać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  discern //dɪˈsɜːn// //dɪˈsɝn// //dɪˈzɜːn// //dɪˈzɝn// 
  1. urskilja 2.
  to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
   3.
  to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
  2. skilja
  to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
  3. se skillnad på
  to perceive differences

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  discern /dɪsˈɜːn/
  1. ayırt etmek, tefrik etmek
  2. sezmek, görmek, anlamak, farkına varmak, idrak etmek. discernible  fark edilebilir, görülebilir. discernibly  görülecek surette, aşikar olarak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈsɝn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 辨别,看轻楚;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt.
     vi. 辨别,看清楚

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