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Verb: discern  di'surn
  1. See or hear differences; identify a particular part or parts of a whole; detect with difficulty
    "The fleeing convicts were discerned of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
    - spot, recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, pick out, make out, tell apart

Derived forms: discerned, discerning, discerns

See also: discernible, discernment

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