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Definition

catch sight of

She tries to descry purpose in the disasters of a purposeless world.

I never saw him afterwards, but I sometimes imagine that I descry a faint reflection of him in John Browdie.
Dickens, Charles -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  We see the ground whereon these woes do lie,
  But the true ground of all these piteous woes
  We cannot without circumstance descry.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

descry = understand (catch sight of)

And can you descry no difference between his letters and those addressed to other people?
Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
In the faint light, too, we could descry dim galloping forms half hidden by wreaths of sand.
Haggard, Rider H. -- King Solomon's Mines
He could descry objects enough at such times, but none correctly.
Dickens, Charles -- The Old Curiosity Shop
I shall perceive each object less distinctly, but I shall descry the principal facts with more certainty.
Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
Next she descried boot tracks the shape of which was so well-remembered that it shook her heart.
Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
— Who hath descried the number of the traitors?
William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring
In the flat smear of houses, he descried, or thought he did, the edge of his own on Ninth.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
We are descried: they'll mock us now downright.
William Shakespeare -- Love's Labour's Lost
Near and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought.
William Shakespeare -- King Lear
In the flare of the match MacPherson had descried the stable lantern hanging on the wall.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
At length they descried the coast of France.
Voltaire -- Candide
I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
He never looked back until he had almost gained the shelter of the forest; then he turned and descried two figures in the distance.
Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
The news is true, my lord: he is descried; Caesar has taken Toryne.
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra
Shortly afterwards Miss Bates, passing near the window, descried Mr. Knightley on horse-back not far off.
Jane Austen -- Emma
A man riding in hot haste was now dimly descried at the top of a distant hill.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin

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