descry, descrier
(Latin: write down, perceive, catch sight of; to see, to look for)
Someone who can see or locate things that are not easy to discern nor to perceive and detect: While driving home after work, Julia was fortunate in being a good descrier because she was able to arrive safely even though there was a heavy snowstorm going on at the time.
descry (di SKRIGH) (verb), descries; descried; descrying
1. To see an object that is unclear or distant by looking carefully for details: To descry is to convey in words the appearance, nature, attributes, etc., of something or someone.
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To descry also means to express the vividness of personal observations of tangible entities or scenes that can be seen by others.
2. To discover; to perceive; to detect a physical entity by looking carefully: Tom and Bill had gone more than a mile and had begun to descry the first houses of the village, the red-tiled roofs of which stood out from the green trees which surrounded them. 3. Etymology: via old French descrier, "to proclaim, to decry; from Latin describere, "to write down, to catch sight of" which also had the meaning "to perceive".Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
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undescried (uhn" di SKRIGH) (adjective), more undescried, most undescried
A reference to being unable to locate something by sight nor to recognize it: Because of the dense fog near Jake's home, he could not see the undescried mountains.
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