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descry

2 antonyms for descry — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — To make something known; to reveal it.

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1. verb

To make something known; to reveal it.

2. verb

(literary) To catch sight of something that is far away or hard to see.

“Dimly through the mists they could descry the long arm of the mountains rising on their left.”

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From Middle English descrien, descriven in the 14th century already had the dual sense of "to proclaim, announce, make known" and "to see, discern, discover". On the one hand, the Middle English word is a loan Old French descrier (“to proclaim, announce, cry”), from des- + crier (“shout, cry”); in this case, the word i...

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