v. t.
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). [ 1913 Webster ]
And [ I ] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.
v. i.
More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Discernment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges;
A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. discernibilis. ] Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding;
The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.
n. The quality of being discernible. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. discernement. ]