descry

descry meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese

Examples of descry in a sentence

• His Body was found almost naked in the field, for his Purple Robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him, unwilling to be found.1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock]...
• Edmund, I thinke, is gone, / In pitty of his miſery, to diſpatch / His nighted life: Moreouer to deſcry / The ſtrength o’ th’ Enemy.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First...
• Dimly through the mists they could descry the long arm of the mountains rising on their left.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, page 15:

Forms of descry

Origin of descry

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 is a doublet of decry, which was loaned from the same French source in the 17th century. Alternatively, as suggested by the spelling descriven, the Middle English word may be a contraction of Old French descrire, descrivre (“to describe”), from Latin describere, and thus a doublet of describe (so Palmer 1890, attributing the view to Walter William Skeat), but modern dictionaries more often seem to prefer the view that there was a secondary, folk-etymological influence on descrien by descriven within Middle English (so The Century Dictionary 1911). The semantic shift from "announce" to "discern, detect" is via "to cry out on discovering something that has been looked for". Palmer (1890) compares the etymology of Latin explorare "to search a wood &c. with cries".

Words formed from descry

• descriable
• undescried
• undescrying

Words that rhyme with descry

• eye
• high
• die
• fly
• by
• try
• dry
• tie
• ai
• Delhi
• apply
• pie

Questions about descry

What does descry mean?

Descry means to announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.

What is descry in Malayalam?

Descry in Malayalam is കാഴ്ചയിൽ പെടുക, നോക്കിയറിയുക, നിരീക്ഷിക്കുക. See Descry meaning in Malayalam.

How do you use descry in a sentence?

His Body was found almost naked in the field, for his Purple Robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him, unwilling to be found.

What part of speech is descry?

Descry is a verb.

How do you pronounce descry?

Descry is pronounced /dɪˈskɹaɪ/.

What is the past tense of descry?

The past tense of descry is descried.