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descry
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to discern or make out; catch sight of
to discover by looking carefully; detect
Other Word Forms
- descrier noun
- undescried adjective
- undescrying adjective
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of descry1
Example Sentences
The president descried protesters as leftists pursuing a “foreign invasion” of the United States, bent on destroying the nation’s sovereignty.
Barnum, America has evolved into a world in which there is “no business but show business,” descrying the descent of politics into mere performance spectacle.
Once the employer of 500 people, the mill is a keyhole through which most of Dundee’s history can be descried.
The six and twentieth day of April, about four o’clock in the morning, we descried the land of Virginia.
Another witness descried their relationship as being "more like mother and daughter".
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