descry

Descry is defined as to discover or detect something.

(verb)

See descry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb descried, descrying

Origin: ME descrien < OFr descrier, to proclaim < des-, from + crier: see cry

See descry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·scried, de·scry·ing, de·scries

To catch sight of (something difficult to discern). See Synonyms at see¹.
To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect: descried a message of hope in her words.

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Origin: Middle English descrien

Origin: , from Old French descrier, to call, cry out; see decry

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