descry
[dih-skrahy]
verb (used with object), de·scried, de·scry·ing.
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
to discover; perceive; detect.
Origin of descry
Synonyms for descry
1. notice.
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Related Words for descry
disclose, reveal, detect, determine, spot, perceive, note, espy, see, observe, sight, behold, discernExamples from the Web for descry
Historical Examples of descry
If only she could descry something plain to tell her husband!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
And can you descry no difference between his letters and those addressed to other people?'
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
Bolko could descry the figure of Auriola at the margin of the spring.
Then she prayed a prayer from the depths of her heart; but still she could descry no rock.
No people who have lived much with Nature have failed to descry this.
The Soul of a PeopleH. Fielding
descry
verb -scries, -scrying or -scried (tr)
Word Origin for descry
C14: from Old French descrier to proclaim, decry
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