Descry - meaning and definition. What is Descry
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What (who) is Descry - definition


descry      
[d?'skr??]
¦ verb (descries, descrying, descried) literary catch sight of.
Origin
ME: OFr. descrier 'publish, proclaim', perh. confused with obs. descry 'describe', var. of obs. descrive 'perceive'.
descry      
v. a.
1.
Discover, discern, espy, perceive, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of.
2.
Detect, recognize, find out, spy out.
Descry      
·noun Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
II. Descry ·vt To Discover; to Disclose; to Reveal.
III. Descry ·vt To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to Espy; to Recognize; to Discern; to Discover.