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discerning
(encz) | discerning,bystrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
discerning
(encz) | discerning,soudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Discerning
(gcide) | Discern \Dis*cern"\, 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.
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To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
--Boyle.
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A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern
from a right stone. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and
recognize; as, to discern a difference.
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And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned
among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
--Prov. vii.
7.
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Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to
discern the minute texture of visible objects.
--Beattie.
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I wake, and I discern the truth. --Tennyson.
Syn: To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate;
discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.
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Discerning
(gcide) | Discerning \Dis*cern"ing\, a.
Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. --Macaulay.
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discerning
(wn) | discerning
adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a
discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant:
undiscerning]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet]
3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;
"discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color" |
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discerning
(encz) | discerning,bystrý adj: Zdeněk Broždiscerning,soudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
discerningly
(encz) | discerningly, |
undiscerning
(encz) | undiscerning,nenáročný |
Discerningly
(gcide) | Discerningly \Dis*cern"ing*ly\, adv.
In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.
--Garth.
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Undiscerning
(gcide) | Undiscerning \Un`dis*cern"ing\, n.
Want of discernment. [R.] --Spectator.
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[1913 Webster]Undiscerning \Undiscerning\
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discerning
(wn) | discerning
adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a
discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant:
undiscerning]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet]
3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;
"discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color" |
undiscerning
(wn) | undiscerning
adj 1: lacking discernment [ant: discerning] |
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