Both Uses of
discern
in
The Awakening
- He and his wife spoke English with an accent which was only discernible through its un-English emphasis and a certain carefulness and deliberation.
Chpt 18 *discernible = noticeable
- When Doctor Mandelet dined with the Pontelliers on Thursday he could discern in Mrs. Pontellier no trace of that morbid condition which her husband had reported to him.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious