DESCRY, verb transitive 1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation. The house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judges 1:23. 2. To detect; to find out; to discover any thing concealed. 3. To see; to behold; to have a sight of from a distance; as, the seamen descried land. 4. To give notice of something suddenly discovered. DESCRY, noun Discovery; thing descovered.
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