descry

[ dih-skrahy ]

/ dɪˈskraɪ /

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verb (used with object), de·scried, de·scry·ing.

to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.

to discover; perceive; detect.

Origin of descry

1250–1300; Middle English descrien < Old French de(s)crïer to proclaim, decry. See dis-¹, cry

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OTHER WORDS FROM descry

de·scri·er, noun un·de·scried, adjective un·de·scry·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH descry

decry descry (see synonym study at decry)

Words nearby descry

descriptive notation, descriptive statistics, descriptivism, descriptivist, descriptor, descry, desdemona, desecrate, deseed, desegregate, desegregation

Example sentences from the Web for descry

Search it as they pleased, not even the practisect eye of Captain Davis could descry the smallest interruption.

The Ebb-Tide |Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne
From this part of the coast we could descry the islands off Cape Liant on the opposite side of the gulf.

The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 |George Finlayson
Nowhere could I descry even a small collection of books of the sort which may furnish material for conversation.

A Court of Inquiry |Grace S. Richmond
Round them the wanderer will descry a miserable field or two, planted with a stunted crop of rye, millet, or maize.

Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone |Angus B. Reach

On clear moonlight evenings she could descry a little strip of the fiord between two high houses.

Tales of Two Countries |Alexander Kielland

British Dictionary definitions for descry

descry

/ (dɪˈskraɪ) /

verb -scries, -scrying or -scried (tr)

to discern or make out; catch sight of

to discover by looking carefully; detect

Derived forms of descry

descrier, noun

Word Origin for descry

C14: from Old French descrier to proclaim, decry

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descry

verb (used with object), de·scried, de·scry·ing.

Origin of descry

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British Dictionary definitions for descry

verb -scries, -scrying or -scried (tr)

Derived forms of descry

Word Origin for descry

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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descry

verb (used with object), de·scried, de·scry·ing.

Origin of descry

SYNONYMS FOR descry

OTHER WORDS FROM descry

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH descry

Words nearby descry

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verb -scries, -scrying or -scried (tr)

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