Definition/Meaning of descry

• English - Verb: descry ( third-person singular simple present descries , present participle descrying , simple past and past participle descried ) ( transitive ) To see . ( transitive ) To discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect . Shakespeare Edmund , I think , is gone [ … ] to descry / The strength o' the enemy . Milton And now their way to earth they had descried .…
• English - Etymology: From Old French descrier ( “ to proclaim , announce , cry ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: Rhymes: -aɪ
• English - External links: descry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 descry in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911 descry at OneLook Dictionary Search
• English - Anagrams: cyders