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DECERN
Etymology
Verb
decern (third-person singular simple present decerns, present participle decerning, simple past and past participle decerned)
Decide; determine; decree.
(obsolete, transitive) Decide; determine (a matter disputed or doubtful).
with simple object
with infinitive or object clause
intransitive
(transitive) Decree by judicial sentence. Now a technical term of Scottish judicature; the use of the word decerns being necessary to constitute a decree.
with simple object
Decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.
intransitive
transferred sense
Discern.
(obsolete, transitive) Distinguish or separate by their differences (things that differ, one thing from another).
(intransitive) Distinguish; discriminate between.
See distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
Source: Wiktionary
De*cern", v. t. Etym: [L. decernere. See Decree.]
1. To perceive, discern, or decide. [Obs.] Granmer.
2. (Scots Law)
Definition: To decree; to adjudge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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