Definitions
detect with the senses
Word origin
From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to distinguish”); see certain.
Used in a sentence
“Meanwhile the brig had altered her tack, and was moving slowly to the east. Three hours later and the keenest eye could not have discerned her top-sails above the horizon.”
“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. If they discern no such thing, they will consider me altogether mistaken.”
“He was too young to discern right from wrong.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Perceive clearly”7 letters
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