descry
verb/dɪˈskraɪ/
/dɪˈskraɪ/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they descry | /dɪˈskraɪ/ /dɪˈskraɪ/ |
| he / she / it descries | /dɪˈskraɪz/ /dɪˈskraɪz/ |
| past simple descried | /dɪˈskraɪd/ /dɪˈskraɪd/ |
| past participle descried | /dɪˈskraɪd/ /dɪˈskraɪd/ |
| -ing form descrying | /dɪˈskraɪɪŋ/ /dɪˈskraɪɪŋ/ |
- descry somebody/something to suddenly see somebody/somethingWord OriginMiddle English: Old French descrier ‘publish, proclaim’, perhaps confused with obsolete descry ‘describe’.
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