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descry
/ dɪˈskraɪ /
verb
- to discern or make out; catch sight of
- to discover by looking carefully; detect
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Derived Forms
- deˈscrier, noun
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Other Words From
- de·scrier noun
- unde·scried adjective
- unde·scrying adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of descry1
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Example Sentences
They can descry waveless water, seemingly as tranquil as a pond.
He looked hard into the branches and their wilderness of fresh leaves, but could descry nothing.
And yet, and yet—as I gazed I could descry a striking resemblance to our own waterhole except that this was more shut in.
He is so eager to descry differences, that he overlooks similarities—nay, identities.
They strung themselves out along the road, they went up to the hilltops, in order to descry the carriage sooner.
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