decern
verbEtymology
First attested in late Middle English circa 1425; from the French décerner, from the Latin dēcernō (“to decide, pronounce a decision”), from dē (“of, from, away from”) + cernō (“to separate, distinguish”), whence the English cern. In Old French, the forms of décerner were frequently conflated with those of descerner, discerner; the two verbs were not clearly distinguished until the 16th century; hence, in English also, decern is found with the sense discern.
Definitions
To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with…
To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
To decree (something) by judicial sentence.
To discern
To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
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To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind)
To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
The neighborhood
- neighbordecernent
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for decern. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA