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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
discern .
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Examples
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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discern'd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
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Greece train'd thee wise: this well hast thou discern'd.
Iphigenia in Tauris 2008
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Greece train'd thee wise: this well hast thou discern'd.
Iphigenia in Tauris 2008
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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discern'd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
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And clearly discern'd, by a glow-worm's pale light,
Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various
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Grotius, soon discern'd this inclination in him: for in his dedication of his immortal and scarce ever to be parallel'd book, _De Jure Belli
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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All this while the first red spot of blood grows bigger and solider, till at length it becomes {85} a fleshy substance, and, by its figure, may easily be discern'd to be the heart; which as yet hath no other inclosure but the substance of the egg.
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Between the avenue of casks and bins I stumbled toward the door and lantern that were just to be discern'd at the far end of the cellar.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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'Twas well 'tis a dull fellow, he could not [but] have discern'd else that I was strangely overjoyed with it, and earnest to have it; for though the poor fellow made what haste he could to untie his bag, I did nothing but chide him for being so slow.
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Parry, Edward A 1901
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'Twas well 'tis a dull fellow, he could not but have discern'd else that I was strangely overjoyed with it, and earnest to have it; for though the poor fellow made what haste he could to untie his bag, I did nothing but chide him for being so slow.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888
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