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Meanings of descry in English

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Catch sight of.

        ver

        To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.

            Usage of descry in English
            1
            Five miles later she was able to descry what troops marched there.
            The Wyrmling Horde
            2
            The snow on the ground enabled the two to descry each other.
            Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
            3
            We did not descry it till we saw the ground under us.
            A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
            4
            But not yet could I descry beginning or end of the couches.
            Lilith: A Romance
            5
            While you yet speak methinks I can descry them on the sea.
            Devereux — Volume 06
            6
            I looked in all directions, trying to descry Caleb in the crowd.
            Caleb's crossing
            7
            Some even believed that they could descry hair, limbs, and whole bodies.
            Salammbo
            8
            He is so eager to descry differences, that he overlooks similarities-nay ,identities
            America To-day, Observations and Reflections
            9
            Too often, we could descry smoke rising from the latest embattled settlement.
            Caleb's crossing
            10
            Policies are originated, put on the table-andwe descry their consequences.
            Overtime
            11
            Silvey strained his eyes far out in an effort to descry the captive.
            A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
            12
            The mountaineer sent a quick gaze up the air, as to descry signs.
            Vittoria — Volume 1
            13
            STRANGER: In these divisions, Socrates, I descry what would make another famous jest.
            Statesman
            14
            Samuel's sleepy eyes could just descry him in the thick gloom.
            The Old Wives' Tale
            15
            They could just descry the dark, looming objects gliding swiftly and silently along.
            French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
            16
            By that anomalous light you descry rows of empty shelves with some difficulty.
            A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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            Portuguese
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            Descry through the time
            Descry across language varieties
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