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decern

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Scrabble points
9
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11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsɝn/
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/dɪˈsɝn/ · /dɪˈsɜːn/

Definition of decern

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
  2. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive)To decree (something) by judicial sentence.
  3. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive)To decree (something) by judicial sentence.
    “He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.”
  4. (obsolete, transitive)To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
  5. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
  6. To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.

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Etymology

First attested in late Middle English circa 1425; from the French décerner, from the Latin dēcernō (“to decide, pronounce a decision”), from dē (“of, from, away from”) + cernō (“to…

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First attested in late Middle English circa 1425; from the French décerner, from the Latin dēcernō (“to decide, pronounce a decision”), from dē (“of, from, away from”) + cernō (“to separate, distinguish”), whence the English cern. In Old French, the forms of décerner were frequently conflated with those of descerner, discerner; the two verbs were not clearly distinguished until the 16th century; hence, in English also, decern is found with the sense discern.

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