descry

UK /dɪˈskɹaɪ/ US /dɪˈskɹaɪ/
verb 2

Definitions

verb

1

To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.

The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; […]

His Body was found almost naked in the field, for his Purple Robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him, unwilling to be found.

2

To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.

VVe vvere deſcried, theyle mock vs novv dounright.

Wee haue descryed vpon our neighbouring / shore, a portlie saile of ships make hitherward.

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