descry
verb (used with object)
has descried
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present perfectof descry (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In consequence, therefore, of this discovery Orfeo pursues the hawking damsels, among whom he has descried his lost queen.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
It has descried a shrimp, or small fish, and this is its way of taking aim.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
He has descried the jackals, and comes to see what they are gathered about.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
So far, I praise the wisdom which has descried and steered clear of a waterspout ahead.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
