descry

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dɪˈskraɪ/

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Verb

Plain form descry

Third-person singular descries

Past tense descried

Past participle descried

Present participle descrying

1. (transitive) If you descry something, you announce its discovery.
2. (transitive) If you descry a person, you see or discover a distant object by the eye.