Descry
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transitive verb.
To catch sight of (something difficult to discern).
synonym
:
see
.
transitive verb.
To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Discovery; something discovered.
To proclaim; announce; make known.
To detect; find out; discover (anything concealed).
To spy out; explore; examine by observation.
To discover by vision; get a sight of; make out by looking: as, the lookout
descried
land.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
transitive verb.
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
transitive verb.
To discover; to disclose; to reveal.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
see
verb.
To notice carefully; to
detect
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
catch sight of
Word Usage
"Shakespeare 'descry' also occurs in the sense of 'to reconnoitre.'"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
sight
spy
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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availeth
avjar
baldy
bestir
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
appreciate
behold
behold
catch
catch sight of
variant
descried
verb-form
descried
descries
descrying