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All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.
Abbott L. Lowell

Meaning of "descry" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESCRY

From Old French descrier to proclaim, decry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DESCRY

descry  [dɪˈskraɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESCRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Descry is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb descry in English.

WHAT DOES DESCRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of descry in the English dictionary

The definition of descry in the dictionary is to discern or make out; catch sight of. Other definition of descry is to discover by looking carefully; detect.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESCRY

PRESENT

Present
I descry
you descry
he/she/it descries
we descry
you descry
they descry
Present continuous
I am descrying
you are descrying
he/she/it is descrying
we are descrying
you are descrying
they are descrying
Present perfect
I have descried
you have descried
he/she/it has descried
we have descried
you have descried
they have descried
Present perfect continuous
I have been descrying
you have been descrying
he/she/it has been descrying
we have been descrying
you have been descrying
they have been descrying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I descried
you descried
he/she/it descried
we descried
you descried
they descried
Past continuous
I was descrying
you were descrying
he/she/it was descrying
we were descrying
you were descrying
they were descrying
Past perfect
I had descried
you had descried
he/she/it had descried
we had descried
you had descried
they had descried
Past perfect continuous
I had been descrying
you had been descrying
he/she/it had been descrying
we had been descrying
you had been descrying
they had been descrying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will descry
you will descry
he/she/it will descry
we will descry
you will descry
they will descry
Future continuous
I will be descrying
you will be descrying
he/she/it will be descrying
we will be descrying
you will be descrying
they will be descrying
Future perfect
I will have descried
you will have descried
he/she/it will have descried
we will have descried
you will have descried
they will have descried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been descrying
you will have been descrying
he/she/it will have been descrying
we will have been descrying
you will have been descrying
they will have been descrying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would descry
you would descry
he/she/it would descry
we would descry
you would descry
they would descry
Conditional continuous
I would be descrying
you would be descrying
he/she/it would be descrying
we would be descrying
you would be descrying
they would be descrying
Conditional perfect
I would have descry
you would have descry
he/she/it would have descry
we would have descry
you would have descry
they would have descry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been descrying
you would have been descrying
he/she/it would have been descrying
we would have been descrying
you would have been descrying
they would have been descrying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you descry
we let´s descry
you descry
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to descry
Past participle
descried
Present Participle
descrying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESCRY


catchcry
ˈkætʃˌkraɪ
countercry
ˈkaʊntəˌkraɪ
cry
kraɪ
decry
dɪˈkraɪ
downcry
ˈdaʊnˌkraɪ
dry
draɪ
fry
fraɪ
Madurai
ˈmædjʊˌraɪ
outcry
ˈaʊtˌkraɪ
pry
praɪ
rai
raɪ
retry
riːˈtraɪ
rye
raɪ
samurai
ˈsæmʊˌraɪ
scry
skraɪ
serai
sɛˈraɪ
skry
skraɪ
tori
ˈtɔːraɪ
try
traɪ
watchcry
ˈwɒtʃˌkraɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESCRY

describable
describe
describer
descried
descrier
descries
description
descriptive
descriptive geometry
descriptive linguistics
descriptive metaphysics
descriptive notation
descriptive statistics
descriptively
descriptiveness
descriptivism
descriptivist
descriptor
descrive
desecrate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESCRY

a far cry
Batesian mimicry
battle cry
biomimicry
hue and cry
in full cry
mimicry
parrot cry
rallying cry
street cry
war cry

Synonyms and antonyms of descry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DESCRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «descry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of descry

Translation of «descry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESCRY

Find out the translation of descry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of descry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «descry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窥探
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

descry
570 millions of speakers

English

descry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देख लेना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

descry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

descry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

descry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেখিতে পাত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apercevoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Descry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erspähen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

descry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

descry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Descry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhận thấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேவுபார்க்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उतरो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

farketmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

descry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dojrzeć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

descry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

descry
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

διακρίνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bespied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

descry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

descry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of descry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESCRY»

The term «descry» is regularly used and occupies the 81.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESCRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about descry

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QUOTES WITH «DESCRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word descry.
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Abbott L. Lowell
All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESCRY»

Discover the use of descry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to descry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cut Off!: When Illusions Survive
CUT OFF! When Illusions Surviveis a unique study of dynamics evident in every person, group and culture. This story celebrates human resourcefullness as three survivors battle to overcome the destructive sides of their personalities.
C. Descry, 2008
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Next-Generation Business Intelligence Software with ...
Descry. Framework. Once you are familiar with data visualizations, Silverlight, and BI, it becomes fairly obvious that Silverlight is an ideal platform to create engaging infographic experiences. The people at Microsoft saw this and created a ...
Bart Czernicki, 2009
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The Spirit of the Estuary
Well written!
C. Descry, 2009
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Building Open Source Network Security Tools: Components and ...
PATRICIA tries offer a fast and efficient solution to these problems. By specifying the -h argument, Descry dumps its usage as such: tradecraft:~# Descry 1.0 ./ descry -h [TCP port scan detection tool] ./descry [options] usage (-i and -f are mutually ...
Mike Schiffman, 2002
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Silverlight 4 Business Intelligence Software
Descry. Framework. Once you are familiar with data visualizations, Silverlight, and BI, it becomes fairly obvious that Silverlight is an ideal platform to create engaging infographic experiences. The people at Microsoft saw this and created a ...
Bart Czernicki, 2010
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Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning - IDEAL ...
obtains the representative points of each partial cluster, DESCRY partitions the sample in a finite number of non-overlapping rectangular regions in order to obtains meta-points, but it does not cluster the sample. CURE considers outliers the ...
Zhen Rong Yang, Richard Everson, Hujun Yin, 2004
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A Concordance to the Poetry of Thomas Traherne
32 IMPaovMENT 11 Before we can that Happiness descrie, II.16 9 THOUGHTS. I 17 Far distant do even now descrie IT.202 YEARBOOK III 8 All Kingdoms I Descrie descried. See "descry' d." descry frequency: 7 relative frequency: 0.0002 See ...
George Robert Guffey, 1974
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Raven's Chance
DESCRY'S WORKS range from mysteries set on the Colorado Plateau and the Sea of Cortez, to serious studies of human dynamics. “I do, I observe, I listen. I write in the most candid way possible. I research. I put as much accuracy in my ...
C Descry, Edward Berger, 2001
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Sjwnser, F. Q. vi. xii. 21. To DESCRY'.f o. a. {deserter, Fr.] 1. To give notice of any thing suddenly discovered ; as, the scout descried the enemy, or gave notice of their approach. This sense is now obsolete, but gave occasion to those which are  ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Yet will she strive some leading rules to draw From sovereign nature's universal law. Sir Joshua Reynolds. The Art of Painting, v. 92. DESCRY', v. \ Dutch, schreyer ; Ger. schreier ; Descry', n. I Sw. sfcrta, to cry out, to vociferate. Descry' ing, n.
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESCRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term descry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Remembering the 'First Hero'
That's why I miss him and his concerns, which I could not descry then. Aswathy Jwala (Activist). I don't have much to share about a father, who ... «onmanorama, Jun 15»
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Where Napoleon Met His Fate
Yet if anyone can both do justice to confusion and descry underlying pattern, it is Bernard Cornwell. At the end of “Waterloo,” readers will feel ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Retailers Who Refuse to Embrace Apple Pay Face Grave Risks
One is that it is difficult to descry another company covering quite the range of disciplines that Apple are with the same level of systematic and ... «The Mac Observer, Jun 15»
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Introducing Philip Bobbitt
We need a new Machiavelli, a scholar and statesman so clear-eyed and prescient that he or she can descry the outlines of the new market ... «STRATFOR, May 15»
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Scenes from Jerry Vile's 'Oracle of Vile' art show
We could barely descry it in the darkness. We weren't sure if it was art or not. We flipped a cell phone light on it and notice it had no price tag, ... «Detroit Metro Times, May 15»
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Willem Lange: All Aboard for the Mount Washington Summit
Getting off the train at the end of the track, she could barely descry the Sherman Adams building at the summit through the gray gloom. Some of ... «Valley News, May 15»
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Mosul vs Ramadi
The motives are suggested in the map above. In the colors you may descry the endgame which Turkey and Iran may be fervently hoping for. «PJ Media, May 15»
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The folly of putting too much faith in statistical certainty
With so much emotion invested in big games, it's no wonder that as spectators we're desperate to read the runes and descry something in them ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
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The case of the black spider letters has alarming implications for the …
But I fancy that if you study this case more deeply, you will descry the work of quite another hand. Before this column is finished, you will lay the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Improving manners at the movies
What yonder twinkling azure orb do I descry? Forsooth, 'tis thy Bluetooth! Prithee wouldst thou extinguish it, or hie thee to the lobby? Gramercy ... «Washington Post, May 15»

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