discernv. t.[F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.]1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.()To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. (Boyle.)A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. (Robynson (More's Utopia).)2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.()And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. (Prov. vii. 7.)Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. (Beattie.)I wake, and I discern the truth. (Tennyson.)()v. i.1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.()More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. (Jonah iv. 11.)2. To make cognizance.(Bacon.)