descry
verb
[ dɪˈskrʌɪ ]
• catch sight of.
• "she descried two figures"
Similar:
spot,
notice,
catch sight of,
see,
make out,
glimpse,
sight,
discern,
perceive,
observe,
detect,
distinguish,
pick out,
spy out,
recognize,
identify,
mark,
remark,
clock,
espy,
behold,
Origin:
Middle English: Old French descrier ‘publish, proclaim’, perhaps confused with obsolete descry ‘describe’.
