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Definition of descry verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

descry

verb

NAmE//dɪˈskraɪ//

descry somebody/something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they descry

he / she / it descries

past simple descried

-ing form descrying

to suddenly see someone or something

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