All 4 Uses of
discern
in
The Idiot
- Little by little he began to look around him and discern the other guests.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- It was impossible to discern in her now anything but a deep feeling for the spirit of the poem which she had undertaken to interpret.†
Chpt 2.7
- "There is much that might be improved in him," said the prince, moderately, "but he has some qualities which—though amid them one cannot but discern a cunning nature—reveal what is often a diverting intellect."†
Chpt 4.4
- Rumour said that in the visit of Evgenie Pavlovitch was to be discerned the influence of Lizabetha Prokofievna and her husband….†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious