This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
fribble
belie
descry
cosset
beleaguer

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(di-SKRY)

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To catch sight of.
2. To discover or detect.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French descrier (to cry out), from crier (to cry), from Latin critare, from quiritare (to cry out). Earliest documented use: before 1400. A shortening of the word descry resulted in scry.

USAGE:

“And as for the view of seven states, that turned out to be hogwash; you can descry only three from Lookout Mountain.”
Will Self; On Location; New Statesman (London, UK); Aug 22, 2014.

See more usage examples of descry in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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