Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪˈsɝn/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/dɪˈsɜːn/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Verb
To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
To decree (something) by judicial sentence. To decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
Usage- Intransitive
- sometimes
- Transitive
To decree (something) by judicial sentence. To decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.
Usage- Intransitive
- sometimes
- Transitive
- Examples
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He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another). To distinguish; to discriminate between.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
- Transitive
To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.