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Definition of Discerns
1. discern [v] - See also: discern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discerns
Literary usage of Discerns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The works of Thomas Goodwin by Thomas Goodwin (1863)
"For as the same visive faculty in man, the same eye whereby a man discerns one
contrary, it also discerns the other, as the same eye that sees white also ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"One discerns two brighter stars and several Fig. 2 shows this same spot, but as
seen through a powerful telescope. This picture has not merely been drawn ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"... while on a clear day looking southward one discerns the silvery gleam of Lake
Champlain, and the soft, undulating line of the Green Mountains in Vermont ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"... while on a clear day looking southward one discerns the silvery gleam of Lake
Champlain, and the soft, undulating line of the Green Mountains in Vermont ..."
5. The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes by Thomas James Mathias (1801)
"... From impious scoffs and ribaldry to turn, And Reason's Age by reason's light
discerns Refix insulted truth with temper'd zeal, And feel that joy which ..."
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