DISCERN, s as z. L., to separate or distinguish, Gr.
1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,
2. To distinguish to see the difference between two or more things to discriminate as, to discern the blossom-buds from the leaf-buds of plants.
Discern thou what is thine--Genesis 31 .
3. To make the difference.
For nothing else discerns the virtue or the vice.
4. To discover to see to distinguish by the eye.
I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Proverbs 7 .
5. To discover by the intellect to distinguish hence, to have knowledge of to judge.
So is my lord the king to discern good and bad. 2 Samuel 14 .
A wise mans heart discerneth time and judgment. Ecclesiastes 8 .
DISCERN,
1. To see or understand the difference to make distinction as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
2. To have judicial cognizance.