All 5 Uses of
discern
in
The Bourne Identity
- Where had he learned to discern instant extortion in a casual conversation overheard in a butcher shop?†
Chpt 3
- He had to concentrate on the space around them, at whatever movement-however slight-he might discern in the shadows of the large parking lot.
Chpt 5 *discern = notice
- A dark outline darker than the wall, an intrusion of black on lesser black-obscure, faint, barely discernible, but there.†
Chpt 9
- And there was something else-dull, barely discernible.†
Chpt 14
- Alexander Conklin would listen with all his concentration, trying to discern a genuine note, or even the outlines of a reasonable explanation, but he knew he would hear neither.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious