All 3 Uses of
discern
in
The Two Towers
- Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear. ... It is a man's part to discern them,
Chpt 3.2 *discern = to notice or understand something that is not obvious
- Maybe you discern from far away the air of Numenor.†
Chpt 4.5
- Dimly the hobbits could discern tall piers and jagged pinnacles of stone on either side, between which were great crevices and fissures blacker than the night, where forgotten winters had gnawed and carved the sunless stone.†
Chpt 4.8
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious