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Definition of Descries
1. descry [v] - See also: descry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descries
Literary usage of Descries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"T is man alone that Joy descries УК. 27. Prop.' n. Joyous. Age step 'twin love
and me, and intercept the joy; Lung as of youth the joyous hours remain, ..."
2. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests; from the Earliest by John Gillies (1822)
"State of Lower Asia under his Administration.—His Strength and Resources.—His
expedition into Upper Asia.—descries the vast Army of his Brother. ..."
3. The History of the Reign of George III.: To which is Prefixed, A View of the by Robert Bisset (1820)
"Keppel returns to Portsmouth for a reinforcement — sails in pursuit of the enemy —
descries the French ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey by Robert Southey (1845)
"... And dimly as our mortal sight may »can The future, yet methinks my soul descries
How in Pelayo should the purposes Of Heaven be best accomplish'd. ..."
5. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies, and Conquests by John Gillies (1820)
"State of Lower Asia under his Administration. — His Strength and Resources.
— His Expedition into Upper Asia. — descries the vast Army of his Brother. ..."
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