Both Uses of
discern
in
David Copperfield
- But through all the confusion and lowness of spirits in which we had been, so unexpectedly to me, involved, I plainly discerned that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber and their family were going away from London, and that a parting between us was near at hand.†
Chpt 10-12
- This, and the resumption of my ring, as well as of the bear's grease in moderation, are the last marks I can discern, now, in my progress to seventeen.†
Chpt 16-18 *
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious