All 3 Uses of
discern
in
Pride and Prejudice
- At length the Parsonage was discernible.†
Chpt 28 *
- Once or twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear.†
Chpt 28
- Elizabeth looked at Darcy to see how cordially he assented to his cousin's praise; but neither at that moment nor at any other could she discern any symptom of love; and from the whole of his behaviour to Miss de Bourgh she derived this comfort for Miss Bingley, that he might have been just as likely to marry her, had she been his relation.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious