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discern

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dis·cern  (d-sûrn, -zûrn)
v. dis·cerned, dis·cern·ing, dis·cerns
v.tr.
1. To perceive with the eyes or intellect; detect.
2. To recognize or comprehend mentally.
3. To perceive or recognize as being different or distinct; distinguish. See Synonyms at see1.
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·cerner n.

discern
Verb
to see or be aware of (something) clearly [Latin discernere to divide]
discernible adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.discern - 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"
resolve - make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"
discriminate - distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"

discern
verb see, perceive, make out, notice, observe, recognize, behold, catch sight of, suss (out) (slang) espy, descry
Translations
Spanish discern [dɪˈsəːn] vtpercibir, discernir (= understand); comprender
French discern [dɪˈsəːn] vtdiscerner, distinguer
German discern [dɪˈsəːn] vtwahrnehmen;
(identify) → erkennen

Italian discern [dɪˈsəːn] vtdiscernere, distinguere

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If they discern any evidences of wrong- going in any direction that I have indicated, they will acknowledge that I had reason in what I wrote.
To learn and discern of his brother the clod, Of his brother the brute, and his brother the God.
Hence it arises that Ills abound, for they come not one by one, but in troops, and by no means singly: while the Goods proceed from Jupiter, and are given, not alike to all, but singly, and separately; and one by one to those who are able to discern them.
 
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