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  1. 1. v. t. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. catch sight of Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judg. i. 23. Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry The strength o' the enemy. Shak. And now their way to earth they had descried. Milton. 2. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.] His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him. Milton. Syn. -- To see; behold; espy; discover; discern. , Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.] Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought. Shak. Source: webster
  6. 6. , Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.]Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourlythought. Shak. Source: adambom

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