Definition of discern

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Discern (v. i.) To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood..

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Discriminate :: Discriminate (v. t.) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
Perspicacious :: Perspicacious (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth..
Wisdom :: Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity..
Half-sighted :: Half-sighted (a.) Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
Election :: Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
Clairvoyant :: Clairvoyant (a.) Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Skill :: Skill (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc..
Descry :: Descry (v. t.) To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover..
Perspicable :: Perspicable (a.) Discernible.
See :: See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into..
Tact :: Tact (n.) Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
Skillful :: Skillful (a.) Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
Apprehensive :: Apprehensive (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Discerner :: Discerner (n.) One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong..
Judge :: "Judge (v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about..
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means..
Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To recognize; to descry; to discern.
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