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verb 
  1. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
  2. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
  3. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
    He was too young to right from wrong.
  4. (intransitive) To perceive differences.
Translations: 
  • German: erkennen, wahrnehmen
  • Spanish: vislumbrar(es)
Etymology: From discerner.


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