/
dɪˈsəːn/
v.
recognize or find out.
▸see or hear with difficulty:
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she could faintly discern the shape of a skull.
Derivative
- discerner n.
- discernible
- discernibly adv.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’.
