descry Copy link Outline 1. conspĭcor, 1 (to get a sight of at some distance)2. conspĭcio, 33. dispĭcio, 3 (when an object is seen with difficulty, or through intervening obstacles)4. prospĭcio, 3 (to see in the distance) • descry: 1. conspĭcor, 1 (to get a sight of at some distance): who is this whom I d. coming hither? hic quis est quem huc advenientem conspicor? Pl.: Caes. 2. conspĭcio, 3: v. to behold, see. 3. dispĭcio, 3 (when an object is seen with difficulty, or through intervening obstacles): Thule too was d.'d, dispecta est et Thule, Tac. 4. prospĭcio, 3 (to see in the distance): he d.s Italy from the top of a wave, Italiam summa prospicit ab unda, Virg.: see also to discern.