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de·scry  (d-skr)
tr.v. de·scried, de·scry·ing, de·scries
1. To catch sight of (something difficult to discern). See Synonyms at see1.
2. To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect: descried a message of hope in her words.
[Middle English descrien, from Old French descrier, to call, cry out; see decry.]
de·scrier n.
descry
Verb
[-scries, -scrying, -scried]
1. to catch sight of
2. to discover by looking carefully [Old French descrier to proclaim]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.descry - catch sight of
espy, spot, spy
sight, spy - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
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There Burton, who was completely worn out, lay ill for several months, during which time Speke made a push to the northward of more than three hundred miles, going as far as Lake Okeracua, which he came in sight of on the 3d of August; but he could descry only the opening of it at latitude two degrees thirty minutes.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
I never saw him afterwards, but I sometimes imagine that I descry a faint reflection of him in John Browdie.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
They had gone rather more than a league and had begun to descry the first houses of the village, the red-tiled roofs of which stood out from the green trees which surrounded them, when, coming toward them mounted on a mule, they perceived a poor monk, whose large hat and gray worsted dress made them take him for an Augustine brother.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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