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To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,

To distinguish; to see the difference between two or more things; to discriminate; as, to discern the blossom-buds from the leaf-buds of plants. Discern thou what is thine-- Genesis 31:32.

To make the difference. For nothing else discerns the virtue or the vice.

To discover; to see; to distinguish by the eye. I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Proverbs 7:7.

To discover by the intellect; to distinguish; hence, to have knowledge of; to judge. So is my lord the king to discern good and bad. 2 Samuel 14:17. A wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment. Ecclesiastes 8:5.

To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

To have judicial cognizance.