All 4 Uses of
discern
in
Angels & Demons
- akin to smashing clocks together to discern their internal workings.
Chpt 15-16 *discern = understand
- Langdon did not need fluent Italian to discern that the security center was currently in intense search mode.†
Chpt 35-36
- Max felt a tiny prick in his arm-barely discernible through the pain.†
Chpt 111-112
- The voices were pinched and metallic, but they were discernible.†
Chpt 127-128
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious