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单词 decern
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decernv.

/dɪˈsəːn/
Etymology: < French décerne-r (1318 in Godefroy), < Latin dēcernĕre to decide, pronounce a decision, < de- prefix 1b + cernĕre to separate, distinguish, decide: see cern v.1 In Old French décerner was confused in form with descerner , discerner ; the clear distinction between the two dates only from the 16th cent.; hence, in English also, decern is found with the sense discern v.
I. To decide, determine, decree.
1. transitive. To decide, determine (a matter disputed or doubtful). Obsolete.
a. with simple object.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)]
redeOE
to-dealc1275
deraignc1330
determinec1380
award1393
decidec1400
decise?a1425
decernc1425
discernc1425
arbitrea1513
deema1513
moder1534
resolve1586
divide1596
arbitrate1597
fit1600
moderate1602
umpire1609
sopite1628
appointa1631
determinate1647
issue1650
settle1651
to cut the melon1911
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. ii. 110 Be þe Text þai decerne all Tha casis.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. viii. f. 80 The controuersie shulde bee decerned by the bysshope of Rome.
b. with infinitive or object clause.
ΚΠ
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxx/1 Holy faders..decerned & concluded that it sholde be buryed with theyr mayster.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiv/1 Whan my noble prince..had decerned to sende me his oratour to fraunce.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 531 This ilk Donald..Decernit hes thairfoir richt suddantlie To gif battell.
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Charity i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 69 He shall not be deceived, but truly decern and judge.
?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Cvj It perteyneth not to euerie priuate person, to iudge and decerne, who ought to be admitted.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §2. 31 To make them decerne, there should be no God.
c. intransitive.
ΚΠ
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue ii. sig. Biiiv The Apostolis and Eldaris..conuenit to dispute and decerne vpoun the questioun.
2. transitive. To decree by judicial sentence. Now a technical term of Scottish judicature; the use of the word ‘decerns’ being necessary to constitute a decree n.: see quot. 1774 at sense 2d.
a. with simple object.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > order judicially
judgea1325
discernc1425
rule1425
sentencec1503
decree1530
award1533
decerna1575
sententiate1593
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 182 She..was denounced..contumax, and a citation decerned for her appearance.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. viii. 181 But onely pronounce the sentence according to that which he who sitteth judge in the Court, hath decreed and decerned.
1874 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante in Dante & Circle i. 118 Since thou, Death, and thou only, canst decern [1861 discern] Wealth to my life, or want, at thy free choice.
b. that something be done.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > order judicially > that something be done
decerna1464
adjournal1489
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 215 The lordis of þis present parlement [1399] decerne and deme þat þe Duke [sic]..schul lese..her dignité.
1515 R. Sampson in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. 17 A commission to some men..to decern [that] the same one exception and process..were of no strength.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 14 It was decernit, that..she sould be transported to the fortalice of Lochlevin, and ther to be deteinit in captivitie during hir lyfe.
c. a person, etc. to be or to do something. †to decern in: to mulct in by decree of court.
ΚΠ
1526 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) 306 (Jam.) Decernit to haif incurrit the panis contenit in said actis.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 405 We..by the power, name, and authoritie to vs..committed pronounce, decerne [1516 R. Fabyan New Chron. Eng. dyscerne] and declare, the same king Richard..to be..vnworthy to the rule and gouernaunce.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 52 The forthe of Aymouth decernit to be cassin down.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Sept. (1855) 41 Roger Gordoun..for his contumacie in not coming to the Committie..is decernit in xx merks monie of fyne.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Sept. (1855) 43 Decerns Alexander Gordoun..to content and pey to George Glendonyng..the soume of xxij lib. xiijs. iiijd.
1682 London Gaz. No. 1682/1 The Lords Commissioners of Iusticiary, therefore Decerne and Adjudge the said Archibald Earl of Argile to be Execute to the Death.
1753 Trial J. Stewart 283 They..decern and adjudge the said James Stewart to be carried back to the prison.
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. x. 415 If a bastard might be decerned nearest of kin to his mother.
d. intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or act as judge [verb (intransitive)] > give a judgement
decern1541
pronounce1651
1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xvii. f. 29v Whan they suffre, they decerne: whan they hold theyr peace, they crye aloude.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 52 Authoritie, in gouerning, iudging, and decerning.
1774 Interlocutor in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 4) 363 Therefore [the Lord Ordinary] suspends the letters simpliciter, and decerns.
1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. 1 437/1 The court below..decerned in terms of the prayer of the complaint.
1880 Chambers's Encycl. at Debts If the sum decerned for..do not exceed, etc.
e. transferred.
ΚΠ
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 106/1 One has said, ‘It is not this’: another avers, ‘It is not that’: one decerns it [a book] too elaborate.
II. To discern.
3.
a. transitive. To distinguish or separate by their differences (things that differ, one thing from another). Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1535 [see decerning n. at Derivatives].
1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 16 b That belefe was a condicion which decerned them that shall enioye the fruite of Christes passion, and them that shall not.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 188 We must decerne the immaculat spous of Jesus Christ, frome the Mother of confusioun.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. (ed. 3) I. 99 That rule..whereby..he decerneth [(eds. 1 & 2) discerneth] and chooseth good from bad.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 228 Things which cannot be decerned from others; as Fowls like to others.
b. intransitive. To distinguish, discriminate between.
ΚΠ
a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 528 (R.) To deserne betwene the true doctrine and the false.
1892 A. R. Watson George Gilfillan iii. 38 With little skill to decern between the good and the evil in literature.
4. To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); to distinguish (an object or fact); to discern.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)]
wita1300
discerna1400
to have eyes to seea1425
decern1559
discover1581
dignoscea1639
dignote1657
tell1657
diagnose1861
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of
underyetec1000
aspya1250
kenc1275
ofyetec1275
choosea1300
akenc1300
descrivec1300
ofkenc1300
readc1300
espyc1320
descryc1330
spyc1380
discernc1405
discover1553
scan1558
scry1558
decern1559
describe1574
to make out1575
escry1581
interview1587
display1590
to set sight of (in)c1595
sight1602
discreevec1650
glance1656
to catch a glimpse of1679
steal1731
oversee1735
glimpse1779
twig1796
to clap eyes on1838
spot1848
sky1900
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate
winnowc825
tryc1330
distinguea1340
divide1377
departc1380
devisea1400
sever1426
perceivea1500
deem1530
discern1533
searcec1535
sort1553
to pick outa1555
decern1559
difference1596
distinguisha1616
severalize1645
separate1651
secern1656
run1795
define1807
sequester1841
differentiate1857
divaricate1868
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 9 Then all that we ether by sight may decerne, or by arte conceive.
1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine Pt. ii. Ded. You may well decerne, that my willing minde dooth bewraie my good meaning.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 94 A Princess who could decern and reward good Service.
a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times in Wks. (1672) 54 The starres and lights therein should not easily be decerned.
1891 H. S. Constable Horses, Sport & War 37 Differences..that cannot be decerned by the eye.

Derivatives

deˈcerning n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]
doomc950
redeOE
lookingc1300
assizec1314
judging1357
definitionc1384
man's dayc1384
termination1395
discretiona1400
discussiona1425
decidingc1443
judicial1447
decisionc1454
arbitry1489
determinationa1513
determining1530
decerninga1535
discuss1556
discussment1559
thought1579
decernment1586
arbitrage1601
dijudication1615
crisis1623
decidementa1640
determinatinga1640
discernment1646
syndication1650
judication1651
dijudicatinga1656
adjudicature1783
call1902
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > action of
distinctiona1340
division?c1425
decerninga1535
dignotion1578
differencing1598
discern1599
discernment1615
discrimination1621
refinement1712
differentiation1872
distinguishing1882
differentiating1887
a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 528 (R.) The decerning of the true woord of God..from the countrefet woorde of man.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Utopia (1895) ii. 125 (margin) The decerning of punishment putte to the discretion of the magistrates.
deˈcernment n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]
doomc950
redeOE
lookingc1300
assizec1314
judging1357
definitionc1384
man's dayc1384
termination1395
discretiona1400
discussiona1425
decidingc1443
judicial1447
decisionc1454
arbitry1489
determinationa1513
determining1530
decerninga1535
discuss1556
discussment1559
thought1579
decernment1586
arbitrage1601
dijudication1615
crisis1623
decidementa1640
determinatinga1640
discernment1646
syndication1650
judication1651
dijudicatinga1656
adjudicature1783
call1902
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun]
shedc950
skilla1200
skillwisenessa1200
doomc1374
subtilitya1398
subtiltyc1405
subtletya1425
dijudication1549
choice1583
decernment1586
quiddity1602
discerning1608
discernance1612
sensea1616
sense of things1648
tact1797
appreciation1810
kokum1848
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. K7 Iudge by your owne decernment how much.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1692) III. i. 488 A yet more refined Elective discretion or Decernment.
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