I discerned the potential of great things in him.
Source: tatoeba (252945)
Discerned
//dɪˈsɝnd//
Synonyms for "discerned" (7 found)
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The land could just be discerned through the mist.
Source: tatoeba (322865)
On looking to the fountain, Ravenswood discerned a female figure, dressed in a white, or rather greyish, mantle, placed on the very spot on which Lucy Ashton had reclined.
Source: tatoeba (7760688)
No trace whatever of horse or rider could be discerned.
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