All 8 Uses
discern
in
Northanger Abbey
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- Here Catherine again discerned the force of love.†
Chpt 15discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
- And what will you discern?†
Chpt 20discern = notice or understand something
- Peals of thunder so loud as to seem to shake the edifice to its foundation will roll round the neighbouring mountains—and during the frightful gusts of wind which accompany it, you will probably think you discern (for your lamp is not extinguished) one part of the hanging more violently agitated than the rest.†
Chpt 20
- But so low did the building stand, that she found herself passing through the great gates of the lodge into the very grounds of Northanger, without having discerned even an antique chimney.†
Chpt 20discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
- her eye could not discern anything unusual
Chpt 21 *discern = to notice something that is not obvious
- But he thought he could discern.†
Chpt 22discern = notice or understand something
- —was all that Catherine had to say, for her indiscriminating eye scarcely discerned the colour of the satin; and all minuteness of praise, all praise that had much meaning, was supplied by the general: the costliness or elegance of any room's fitting-up could be nothing to her; she cared for no furniture of a more modern date than the fifteenth century.†
Chpt 23discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
- Already had he discerned a liking towards Miss Morland in the countenance of his son; and thankful for Mr. Thorpe's communication, he almost instantly determined to spare no pains in weakening his boasted interest and ruining his dearest hopes.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)