DISCERN
\dɪsˈɜːn], \dɪsˈɜːn], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_n]\
Definitions of DISCERN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
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To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
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To make cognizance.
By Oddity Software
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To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
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To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
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To make cognizance.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To perceive; see; distinguish.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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