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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
    - spot, recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, pick out, make out, tell apart
     
  2. Perceive, recognize, or understand

Derived forms: discerns, discerning, discerned

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