The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; […]
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Descry
//dɪˈskɹaɪ//
Synonyms for "descry" (59 found)
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21 translations across 10 languages.
Assamese
1 entries- ধৰা পেলোৱা verb (to discover; to detect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- забелязвам verb (to discover; to detect)
- съзирам verb (to discover; to detect)
Czech
1 entries- rozeznat verb (to discover; to detect)
French
1 entries- percevoir verb (to discover; to detect)
German
4 entries- entdecken verb (to discover; to detect)
- entdecken verb (to discover; to detect)
- erkennen verb (to discover; to detect)
- herauslesen verb (to discover; to detect)
Latin
1 entries- prospicio verb (to discover; to detect)
Polish
4 entries- wywnioskować verb (to discover; to detect)
- wywnioskowywać verb (to discover; to detect)
- zauważać verb (to discover; to detect)
- zauważyć verb (to discover; to detect)
Romanian
4 entries- băga de seamă verb (to discover; to detect)
- observa verb (to discover; to detect)
- vedea verb (to discover; to detect)
- zări verb (to discover; to detect)
Russian
1 entries- замеча́ть verb (to discover; to detect)
Spanish
1 entries- divisar verb (to discover; to detect)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
His Body was found almost naked in the field, for his Purple Robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him, unwilling to be found.
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VVe vvere deſcried, theyle mock vs novv dounright.
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Wee haue descryed vpon our neighbouring / shore, a portlie saile of ships make hitherward.
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