What does decern mean?
Decern means (obsolete, chiefly transitive) To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive..
Decern
/dɪˈsɝn/ · verb
Meaning
(obsolete, chiefly transitive) To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive..
Definitions by Sense
- (obsolete, chiefly transitive) To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
- (chiefly transitive, sometimes intransitive, Scots law) To decree (something) by judicial sentence.
- (obsolete, transitive) To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
- To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
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Word Forms
- decerns
- decerning
- decerned
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