descry

descry is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judg. i. 23. Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry The strength o` the enemy. Shak. And now their way to earth they had descried. Milton.

[2] To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.] His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him. Milton.

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