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descry

de·scry [ di skr ] (past and past participle de·scried, present participle de·scry·ing, 3rd person present singular de·scries)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
see: to catch sight of something ( literary )

[14th century. < Old French descrier "cry out, proclaim" < crier (see cry)]

de·scri·er noun
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