descry
verb (used with object)
have descried
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present perfectof descry.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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Thackeray would have descried rich material for his pen in it, but Hawthorne's studies lay in another direction.
From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns
Hector Garret must have descried her figure as he approached the house, for he came straight to her room, and stood a moment with his dripping clothes and a glow on his face.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
The three army corps have descried one another.
From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Eugène Sue
We have descried, upon our neighbouring shore, A portly sail of ships make hitherward.
From Pericles by William Shakespeare
Had we stood on these lofty shores by the Golden Gate in the early summer of 1579 we would have descried the Golden Hind ploughing the waters of the Pacific northward.
From By the Golden Gate by Joseph Carey
