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.
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.