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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.
[1913 Webster]
To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
vb.
(infl of en discern ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
vb.
(infl of en discern ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
vb.
(infl of en discern ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
vb.
(infl of en discern ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d iscern ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
discerned
Engelska a.
(avledning en discern ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb discern)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/ معروفFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]rozpoznaný
discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]rozeznaný
discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/
ausgemacht, erkannt, wahrgenommen
Synonym: made out
see: discern sb./sth., make out sb./sth., discerning, making out
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/ unterschieden see: discern, discerning, discerns, discernedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
discerned /dɪsˈɜːnd/ unterschied see: discern, discerning, discerned, discernsFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/dɪˈsɝnd/