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DISCERN, v.t. s as z. [L., to separate or distinguish, Gr.]

1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,

2. To distinguish; to see the difference between two or more things; to discriminate; as, to discern the blossom-buds from the leaf-buds of plants.

Discern thou what is thine--Genesis 31.

3. To make the difference.

For nothing else discerns the virtue or the vice.

4. To discover; to see; to distinguish by the eye.

I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Proverbs 7.

5. To discover by the intellect; to distinguish; hence, to have knowledge of; to judge.

So is my lord the king to discern good and bad. 2 Samuel 14.

A wise mans heart discerneth time and judgment. Ecclesiastes 8.

DISCERN, v.i.

1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

2. To have judicial cognizance.
1913 Definition
Discern (discern)
v. t.(?)
Dis*cern"
[imp. *** p. p. Discerned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum] dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain
  1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.

    To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle.

    A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. Robynson (More's Utopia).

  2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.

    And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7.

    Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie.

    I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.

    Syn. -- To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.

  3. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

    More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11.

  4. To make cognizance.
    [Obs.] Bacon.
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If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made not for the public good so much as for the selfish or local purposes.
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