decern

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈsɜːn/    美 /dɪˈsɝn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive. obsolete,transitive
  2. To decree (something) by judicial sentence.; To decree by judicial sentence that something be done. intransitive,sometimes,transitive
  3. To decree (something) by judicial sentence.; To 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,sometimes,transitive
    — He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
  4. To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another). obsolete,transitive
  5. To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).; To distinguish; to discriminate between. intransitive,obsolete,transitive
  6. To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.

词形变化

decerns present,singular,third-person decerning participle,present decerned participle,past decerned past

词汇关系

衍生词
decerning decerniture decernment
相关词
decernent

词源

First attested in late Middle English circa 1425; from the French décerner, from the Latin dēcernō (“to decide, pronounce a decision”), from dē (“of, from, away from”) + cernō (“to separate, distinguish”), whence the English cern. In Old French, the forms of décerner were frequently conflated with those of descerner, discerner; the two verbs were not clearly distinguished until the 16th century; hence, in English also, decern is found with the sense discern.
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