[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discern \discern"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. discerned; p. pr. 
   vb. n. discerning. f. discerner, l. discernere,
   discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. see
   certain, and cf. discreet.
   1. to see and identify by noting a difference or differences;
      to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to
      distinguish.
      1913 webster

            to discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
                                                  --boyle.
      1913 webster

            a counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern
            from a right stone.                   --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

   2. to see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and
      recognize; as, to discern a difference.
      1913 webster

            and i beheld among the simple ones, i discerned
            among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
                                                  --prov. vii.
                                                  7.
      1913 webster

            our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to
            discern the minute texture of visible objects.
                                                  --beattie.
      1913 webster

            i wake, and i discern the truth.      --tennyson.

   syn: to perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate;
        discriminate; espy; descry; detect. see perceive.
        1913 webster
see also:
discerned discerning certain discreet perceive 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discern \discern"\, v. i.
   1. to see or understand the difference; to make distinction;
      as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
      1913 webster

            more than sixscore thousand that cannot discern
            between their right hand their left.  --jonah iv.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

   2. to make cognizance. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

discern
     v : detect with the senses; "the fleeing convicts were picked
         out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "i
         can't make out the faces in this photograph" syn: recognize,
          recognise, distinguish, pick out, make out, tell
         apart
see also:
recognize recognise distinguish pick out make out tell apart 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

78 moby thesaurus words for "discern":
   anticipate, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be acquainted with,
   be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of,
   be conversant with, be informed, behold, catch sight of,
   clap eyes on, cognize, come alive, comprehend, conceive,
   conceptualize, descry, detect, difference, differentiate, discover,
   discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, fathom,
   foresee, glimpse, grasp, have, have in sight,
   have information about, have knowledge of, identify, ken, know,
   lay eyes on, look on, look upon, make out, note, notice, observe,
   penetrate, perceive, pick out, pick up, pierce, plumb, possess,
   prehend, realize, recognize, remark, savvy, see, see daylight,
   see into, see the light, see through, seize, sense, separate,
   sever, sight, spot, spy, take in, twig, understand, view, witness,
   wot, wot of

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