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DISCERN, v.t. s as z. [L., to separate or distinguish, Gr.] 1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,2. To distinguish; to see the difference between two or more things; to discriminate; as, to discern the blossom-buds from the leaf-buds of plants.Discern thou what is thine--Genesis 31.3. To make the difference.For nothing else discerns the virtue or the vice.4. To discover; to see; to distinguish by the eye.I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Proverbs 7.5. To discover by the intellect; to distinguish; hence, to have knowledge of; to judge.So is my lord the king to discern good and bad. 2 Samuel 14.A wise mans heart discerneth time and judgment. Ecclesiastes 8.DISCERN, v.i. 1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.2. To have judicial cognizance. |
DISCERNED, pp. Distinguished; seen; discovered. |
DISCERNER, n. 1. One who sees, discovers or distinguishes; an observer.2. One who knows and judges; one who has the power of distinguishing.He was a great observer and discerner of mens natures and humors.3. That which distinguishes; or that which causes to understand.The word of God is quick and powerful--a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4. |
DISCERNIBLE, a. That may be seen distinctly; discoverable by the eye or the understanding; distinguishable. A star is discernible by the eye; the identity or difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. |
DISCERNIBLENESS, n. Visibleness. |
DISCERNIBLY, adv. In a manner to be discerned, seen or discovered; visibly. |
DISCERNING, ppr. 1. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.2. a. Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and judging; sharp-sighted; penetrating; acute; as a discerning man or mind.DISCERNING, n. The act of discerning; discernment. |
DISCERNINGLY, adv. With discernment; acutely; with judgment; skillfully. |
DISCERNMENT, n. The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; acuteness of judgment; power of perceiving differences of things or ideas, and their relations and tendencies. The errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment. |
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