discern
/dɪˈsɝn/ verbe C1En français : discerner
- To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate. · He was too young to discern right from wrong.
- To perceive differences.
He/she/it discerns · Prétérit discerned · Participe passé discerned · Forme en -ing discerning
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
Darcy had been, was much relieved by discerning such different feelings.
Anne washed the dishes deftly enough, as Marilla, who kept a sharp eye on the process, discerned.
So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.
Upon the eighth day he discerned a small vessel under full sail approaching Monte Cristo.
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