descried

Verb

descry (third-person singular simple present descries, present participle descrying, simple past and past participle descried)

1. (literary, transitive) To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
   • [I]f the Harte ſhould rowze for feare a farre of [off], his hound (hunting vpon the winde) might carie him amiſſe, ſo that he ſhould not finde the layre. Whereby (⁊ by yͤ foyles about it) he might haue certain iudgement: and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare ⁊ find the layre, let him not blow ouer...1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “How a Huntsman should Rowze an Hart, and Cast off His Hounds to Him”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot...
2. (literary, transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
   • VVe vvere deſcried, theyle mock vs novv dounright.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...