Both Uses
discern
in
1776, by McCullough
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- It was a fog so thick, remembered a soldier, that one "could scarcely discern a man at six yards distance."†
p. 191.2 *discern = notice or understand something
- If there are spots on his character, they are like the spots on the sun, only discernible by the magnifying powers of a telescope.†
p. 290.5discernible = possible to notice or understand
Definitions:
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(1)
(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)