DESCRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: descried

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they descry ... he / she / it descries

Past simple: descried

Past participle: descried

-ing form: descrying

Sense 1

Meaning:

Catch sight of

Synonyms:

descry; espy; spot; spy

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "descry" is one way to...):

sight; spy (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

Context examples:

Ham Peggotty, who went to the national school, and was a very dragon at his catechism, and who may therefore be regarded as a credible witness, reported next day, that happening to peep in at the parlour-door an hour after this, he was instantly descried by Miss Betsey, then walking to and fro in a state of agitation, and pounced upon before he could make his escape.