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| dis·cern [ di súrn ] (past and past participle dis·cerned, present participle dis·cern·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·cerns) |
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1. transitive verb see or notice something unclear: to see or notice something that is not very clear or obvious
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2. transitive verb understand something: to understand something that is not immediately obvious
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3. transitive and intransitive verb distinguish: to be able to tell the difference between two or more things
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin discernere "separate off" < cernere "separate, determine"] |
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  dis·cern·er noun |
| dis·cern·i·ble adjective |
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