'Discerned' definitions:
Definition of 'Discerned'
From: GCIDE
- Discern \Dis*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.]
- 1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
- 2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference. [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.
- Syn: To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive. [1913 Webster]