DESCRY Copy link • DESCRYTo see, videre: cernere: aspicere: conspicere: conspicari (SYN. in SEE: conspicari = especially “to see at a distance and suddenly,” is the nearest to our “descry;” but, though common in Plaut. and Caes., not found in Cic., Verg., Hor., etc.): prospicere (to behold at a distance; e.g., Italiam, Verg.). To descry anybody at a distance, conspicari aliquem; aliquem procul videre (Terentianus). To spy (obsolate), speculari; explorare [Vid: To SPY]. To discover, invenire: animadvertere (to mark): cognoscere (to recognize): deprehendere: detegere.