All 3 Uses of
discern
in
The Hidden Oracle
- I felt as if I'd been standing on the deck of a ship when an enormous, dark, and dangerous shape passed beneath the hull—a shape almost discernible, then simply gone.†
p. 134.6 *discernible = possible to notice or understand
- I watched, petrified, until I discerned the slightest expansions and contractions in the wrappings around their chests.†
p. 269.1discerned = noticed something that is not obvious
- The Colossus stared down at us, perhaps trying to discern whether we were dying in agony yet or needed some additional pain.†
p. 321.3discern = notice or understand something
Definition:
to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious