descry
Origin of descry
1Other words for descry
Other words from descry
- de·scri·er, noun
- un·de·scried, adjective
- un·de·scry·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with descry
- decry, descry
Words Nearby descry
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How to use descry in a sentence
They can descry waveless water, seemingly as tranquil as a pond.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidHe looked hard into the branches and their wilderness of fresh leaves, but could descry nothing.
There and Back | George MacDonaldAnd yet, and yet—as I gazed I could descry a striking resemblance to our own waterhole except that this was more shut in.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordHe is so eager to descry differences, that he overlooks similarities—nay, identities.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherThey strung themselves out along the road, they went up to the hilltops, in order to descry the carriage sooner.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for descry
/ (dɪˈskraɪ) /
to discern or make out; catch sight of
to discover by looking carefully; detect
Origin of descry
1Derived forms of descry
- descrier, noun
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