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Definition of Descrying
1. descry [v] - See also: descry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descrying
Literary usage of Descrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England, from the Earliest Period, to the Close of the Year by John Bigland (1813)
"Relying on this superiority of strength, the enemy, on descrying the British
squadron, formed in two divisions, and instantly bore down to the attack. ..."
2. Passages from the Correspondence and Other Papers of Rufus W. Griswold by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1898)
"17 In common sequence set, the letters lying, 18 Compose a sound delighting all
to hear— 19 Ah, this you'd have no trouble in descrying 20 Were you not ..."
3. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"The account of Olimpia awaking and finding herself alone—her rushing to the beach,
and descrying from a promontory, by light of the moon, the departing sail ..."
4. Scenes in Spain (1837)
"We reached the lovely and fertile Vega of Granada at noon-day, descrying at a
long distance the white plaistered houses of the city, the rusty towers of the ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Admiralty of England and on by Maurice Charles Merttins Swabey, Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1860)
"All the witnesses admit it was not done immediately. What they prove is that
there was an interval of time between descrying the James and ..."
6. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"So as the refuter, while he plays upon my want of logic, in not descrying the
dangerous necessity of this inference upon me, ..."
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