Part 3174

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Discerningly</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cern"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.</def>

<i>Garth.</i>

<h1>Discernment</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cern"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>discernement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of discerning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; <as>as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of <ex>discernment</ex></as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. -- <er>Discernment</er>, <er>Penetration</er>, <er>Discrimination</er>. <i>Discernment</i> is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; <i>penetration</i> is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; <i>discrimination</i> is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A <i>discerning</i> man is not easily misled; one of a <i>penetrating</i> mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a <i>discriminating</i> judgment detects the slightest differences.</syn>

<h1>Discerp</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cerp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discerpere</ets>, <ets>discerptum</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>carpere</ets> to pluck.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To tear in pieces; to rend.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Stukeley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To separate; to disunite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hurd.</i>

<h1>Discerpibility, Discerptibility</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw><hw>Dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Capability or liableness to be discerped.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Wollaston.</i>

<h1>Discerpible, Discerptible</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw><hw>Dis*cerp"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dis*cerp"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Discerp</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being discerped.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Discerption</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cerp"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discerptio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Discerptive</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cerp"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to separate or disunite parts.</def>

<i>Encys. Dict.</i>

<h1>Discession</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*ces"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discessio</ets>, fr. <ets>discedere</ets>, <ets>discessum</ets>. See <er>Discede</er>.]</ety> <def>Departure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>