Definitions for descry
dɪˈskraɪde·sc·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. descry, spot, espy, spyverb

   catch sight of

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. descryverb

   To see

2. descryverb

   To notice carefully; to detect

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Descrynoun

   Discovery; thing discovered.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   How near’s the other army?
   —— Near, and on speedy foot, the main descry
   Stands on the hourly thought. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

2. To DESCRYverb

   Etymology: descrier, French.

   1. To give notice of any thing suddenly discovered; as, the scout descried the enemy, that he gave notice of their approach. This sense is now obsolete, but gave occasion to those which are now in use.2. To spy out; to examine at a distance.

   And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judg. i. 23.

   Edmund, I think, is gone to descry
   Th’ strength o’ th’ enemy. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. To detect; to find out any thing concealed.

   Of the king they got a sight after dinner in a gallery, and of the queen mother at her own table; in neither place descryed, no, not by Cadinet, who had been lately ambassador in England. Henry Wotton.

   4. To discover; to perceive by the eye; to see any thing distant or absent.

   Thus dight, into the court he took his way;
   Both through the guard, which never him descry’d,
   And through the watchmen, who him never spy’d. Hubbard’s Tale.

   The spirit of deep prophecy she hath;
   What’s past and what’s to come she can descry. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   That planet would, unto our eyes, descrying only that part whereon the light falls, appear to be horned, as the moon seems. Walter Raleigh, History of the World, b. i. c. 7.

   And now their way to earth they had descry’d,
   To Paradise first tending. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   Although the motion of light be not descried, no argument can be made from thence to prove that light is not a body. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.

   A tow’r so high, it seem’d to reach the sky,
   Stood on the roof, from whence we could descry
   All Ilium. John Denham.

   Once more at least look back, said I,
   Thyself in that large glass descry. Matthew Prior.

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1. descry

   To descry is to catch sight of something or someone that is difficult to see, or to discover or detect something through careful observation or scrutiny.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Descryverb

   to spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover

2. Descryverb

   to discover; to disclose; to reveal

3. Descrynoun

   discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Descry

   de-skrī′, v.t. to discover by the eye: to espy:—pr.p. descry′ing; pa.p. descried′.—n. discovery: (Shak.) a thing discovered. [O. Fr. descrire for descrivre—L. describĕre: a doublet of describe. Others derive the word from O. Fr. descrier, decryer, proclaim, announce—des-, de-, and crier, to cry, in which case it would be a doublet of decry.]

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1. descry

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of descry in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of descry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=descry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Descry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=descry
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descry
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=descry