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Decern
Meaning
Verb
●
Decide;
determine
; decree.
Decide;
determine
(
a matter
disputed
or doubtful).
with
simple
object
Decide;
determine
(
a matter
disputed
or doubtful).;with
infinitive
or
object
clause
Decide;
determine
(
a matter
disputed
or doubtful).;intransitive
●
In Law:
Decide;
determine
; decree.
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.
with
simple
object
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.;Decree by
judicial
sentence
that something be done.
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.;Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by
judicial
sentence
. (in the
phrase
“to
decern
in”,
obsolete
) To
mulct
in by
decree
of court.
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.;intransitive
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.;transferred sense
Decree by
judicial
sentence
. Now a
technical term
of Scottish
judicature
; the use of the
word
decerns
being
necessary
to
constitute
a
decree
.;Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by
judicial
sentence. (in the
phrase
“to
decern
in”,
obsolete
) To
mulct
in by
decree
of court.
●
Discern.
Distinguish or
separate
by their
differ
ences (things that
differ
, one
thing
from another).
Distinguish or
separate
by their
differ
ences (things that
differ
, one
thing
from another).;Distinguish;
discriminate
between.
See
distinctly
(with the
eyes
or the
mind
);
distinguish
(an
object
or
fact
); discern.
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