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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
discern .
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Examples
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What the sense feeleth, what the spirit discerneth, hath never its end in itself.
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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8. 1999
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The natural man discerneth not the things of God, nor indeed can do, 1 Cor. ii.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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He discerneth between things, and judgeth aright of them.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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The world does not know, nor is able to make a right judgment of believers; nor do you so, for it is the spiritual man alone that discerneth the things of God.
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965
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But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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For the ear trieth words, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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I could calmly watch his ever-varying moods from gay to grave, from grave to sad, striving by each in turn with finished art to touch the heart he felt he had not won -- smiling securely, I would sometimes murmur in my happiness the while: 'Passion born of earth, not the true love that discerneth its own, impels thee.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision
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'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven'; and again, 'A wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment, 'wrote the Preacher of Judah.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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