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   discern

   /dɪˈsəːn/

   verb

   • 1. recognize or find out: "I can discern no difference between the two policies"
   • ▪ distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses: "she could faintly discern the shape of a skull"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. discerner noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • N

     1

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