discern an cet (dizernans)

[ one who observes or perceives. He was a great observer and discerner of men's natures and humours. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 2t. That which distinguishes or separates; that which serves as a ground or means of discrimination. a discernHeb. iv. 12. The word of God is quick and powerful, er of the thoughts and intents of the heart. discernible (di-zer'ni-bl), a . [= It. discern i bile , disc erne vole , discernibilis , discernible, discern ere , discern: see discern .] Capable of being discerned; perceivable; observable; distinguishable. Formerly sometimes spelled discernable. There are some Cracks discernable in the white Varnish. Congreve, Way of the World, iii. 5. Too many traces of the bad habits the soldiers had contracted were discernible till the close of the war. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xvii. =Syn. Perceptible, perceivable, noticeable, apparent, visible. discernible ne (di-zèr'ni-bl-nes), n. The disceptert, v . t. See dis scepter . discern (di-zèrn'), v. [ Sp . Pg . discernir = It. discern ere , scernere, discretus , separate, divide, dist in- guish, discern, dis- , apart, + cernere = Gr. κρίνειν , separate: see certain , critic, etc. Hence state of being discernible. Johnson. discreet, discrete, etc.] I. trans. 1. To dist indiscernibly (di-zèr'ni-bli), adv . In a manner guish; perceive the difference between (two or to be discerned; distinguishably; perceptibly. more things); discriminate. Hammond . Discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. discerning (di-zėr'ning), p . a . [Ppr. of discern , Gen. xxx i. 32. v.] Having power to discern; discriminating; = It. discern i men to, scernimento; as discern + -ment.] 1. The act of discerning. It is in the discernment of place, of time, and of person that the inferior artists fail. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. 2. Acutene of judgment; discrimination; a considerable power of perceiving differences in regard to matters of morals and conduct: as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment ; also, the faculty of distinguishing; the exercise of this faculty. The third operation of the mind is discernment , which expre es simply the separation of our ideas. J. D. Morell . =Syn. 2. Penetration , Discrimination , Discernment , judgment, intelligence, acutene , acumen, clear-sighted ne , sagacity, shrewdne , insight. Penetration , or insight, goes to the heart of a subject, reads the inmost character, etc. Discrimination marks the differences in what it finds. Dis cernment combines both these ideas. An observing glance of the most shrewd penetration shot from under the penthouse of his shaggy dark eyebrows. Scott , Kenilworth, xvii. Of simultaneous smells the discrimination is very vague; and probably not more than three can be separately identified. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 68. This ancient, singular, isolated nation [the Chinese] has from the earliest time shown a most remarkable genius for accurate moral discernment . Faiths of the World , p. 353. discerpt (di-sèrp'), v. t. [ discerp ere , tear in pieces, dis- , asunder, + carpere , pluck: see carp1.] 1. To tear in pieces; rend. This [sedition] divides, yea, and discerps a city. Dr. Grifith , Fear of God and the King, p. 100. 2. To separate; disjoin. In this consequence of its substantiality, that it was part of God, discerped from him, and would be resolved again into him, they all, we say, agreed. War burton , Divine Legation, iii. § 4. discerpibility (di-sér-pi-bil'i-ti), n. [ discerp i ble : see- bility .] Capability or tendency to be torn asunder or disunited. Wollaston . [Obsolete or rare.] By actual divisibility I understand discerpibility , gro tearing or cutting one part from another. Dr. H. More, Immortal. of Soul, I. ii. 9. discerpible (di-sèr'pi-bl), r'pi-bl), a. [ discerp + -ible .] That may be torn asunder; separable; capable of being disjoined by violence. [Obsolete or rare.] A man can no more argue from the extension of substance that it is discerpible than that it is penetrable; there being as good capacity in extension for penetration as descerption. Dr. H. More , Immortal. of Soul, II. ii. 12. discerptibility (di-sèrp-ti-bil'i-ti), n. [ dis cerptible : see -bility .] Same as discerpibility . [Obsolete or rare.] Nor can we have any idea of matter which does not im. ply a natural discerptibility and susceptivity of various shapes and modifications. W. Wollaston, Religion of Nature, v.