| 释义 |
† diˈscernance Obs.
[f. discern v. + -ance: perh. from a French original.]
1. Distinction, difference.
1592Nashe P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 36 b, Those bodies..are distinguisht by no difference of sex, because they are simple; and the discernance of sex belongs to bodies compound.
2. Discernment, discrimination, judgement.
1612tr. Benvenuto's Passenger (N.), He..manifesteth, that either he hath but a blinde discernance, or that in wisedome he is inferiour to a woman. |