All 6 Uses of
discern
in
Snow Falling on Cedars
- Hatsue turned and met his eyes, but he could not discern in this her feelings and it seemed to him wholly an accident; she meant nothing by it.†
Chpt 8
- He had listened to Lieutenant Pavelman as closely as he could but had not discerned the relationship between his words and the specific direction in which his own feet should move once he landed on Betio.†
Chpt 16
- Art Moran looked into the Jap's still eyes to see if he could discern the truth there.†
Chpt 18
- Center Valley's strawberry fields lay under nine inches of powder and were as fuzzy through the snowfall as a landscape in a dream, with no discernible hard edges.†
Chpt 22
- Hatsue studied the photograph for a long time, particularly Kabuo's eyes and mouth, to see what she might discern there.
Chpt 25 *discern = notice or understand (that is not obvious)
- It was his habit to listen but not to speak, to gather what he could about men by the manner in which they expressed themselves, and to discern what he could about the fishing.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious