DISCERN, DISCERNING, DISCERNMENT
ADJECTIVES
► LONG-HEADED discerning, shrewd, foresighted → 1806 Amer. dial.
► PERCIPIENT capable of perceiving; conscious; perceptive, discerning → 1692
► SKILLWISE intelligent, discerning, clever → a1300 obs.
► SUBTILE discriminating, discerning; characterized by sagacity → 1474
► SUNDRY that separates; dividing; discriminating, discerning → 1564 obs.
NOUNS
► DECERNMENT decision; discernment, discrimination → 1586 obs.
► PERCEIVANCE mental or physical perception; discernment, wisdom, understanding; awareness, sense → 1534 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
VERBS
► DECERN to discern; to distinguish or separate by their differences → a1535 obs.
► DEEM to judge between things; to distinguish, to discern → 1530 obs.
► OFGET to perceive, to discern → c1205 obs.
► SEE THROUGH A BRICK WALL to be unusually discerning; to have extraordinary insight → 1999 (Bk.)
► VENT to discover or discern → 1611 obs.
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