All 5 Uses of
discern
in
Mansfield Park
- Fanny thought she discerned in his standing there an indication of relenting, which encouraged her to another attempt, and she said, therefore, "It is a pity you should not join them.†
Chpt 10
- Julia did suffer, however, though Mrs. Grant discerned it not, and though it escaped the notice of many of her own family likewise.†
Chpt 17 *
- Fanny was worth it all; he held her to be worth every effort of patience, every exertion of mind, but he did not think he could have gone on himself with any woman breathing, without something more to warm his courage than his eyes could discern in hers.†
Chpt 34
- Edmund did not discern any symptoms of regret, and thought his father a little unreasonable in supposing the first three or four days could produce any.†
Chpt 37
- Mr. Crawford probably could not regard his future father-in-law with any idea of taking him for a model in dress; but (as Fanny instantly, and to her great relief, discerned) her father was a very different man, a very different Mr. Price in his behaviour to this most highly respected stranger, from what he was in his own family at home.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious