All 4 Uses of
discern
in
Rose Red
- From there the stone was whisked to one of several Scottish-looking gentlemen (it was difficult to discern ancestry, given our perspective) who examined the rock, nodded his approval and, applying mortar, positioned it in place.†
Chpt 2discern = notice or understand something
- I cannot tell you exactly how I discerned this, distracted, even repulsed as I was by the language involved, but the conversation between them went something like this: "This is not what we ordered, Mr. Corbin."†
Chpt 2discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
- Sukeena and I stopped many times, trying to discern the sounds and to separate man from animal.
Chpt 4 *discern = distinguish (understand)
- I swear I hear the words return: "T ....h ....e d ....o ....w ....e ....r." Though these words make no sense to me, I am grateful for any sibilance, any sustenance to what previously was discerned as only wind.†
Chpt 8discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
Definition:
to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious