Definition of descry Descry
de•scry
We found 9 definitions of descry from 6 different sources.
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What does descry mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- descry (v. t.)
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. - descry (v. t.)
To discover; to disclose; to reveal. - descry (n.)
Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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descry
To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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descry
de-skrī′, v.t. to discover by the eye: to espy:—pr.p. descry′ing; pa.p. descried′.—n. discovery: (Shak.) a thing discovered. [O. Fr. descrire for descrivre—L. describĕre: a doublet of describe. Others derive the word from O. Fr. descrier, decryer, proclaim, announce—des-, de-, and crier, to cry, in which case it would be a doublet of decry.]
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🔤- descry, verb, present, 1st person singular of descry (infinitive).
- descry, verb (infinitive).
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