Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decern
Participle: decerned
Gerund: decerning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decern |
| you | decern |
| he;she;it | decerns |
| we | decern |
| you | decern |
| they | decern |
Perfect
| I | have decerned |
| you | have decerned |
| he;she;it | has decerned |
| we | have decerned |
| you | have decerned |
| they | have decerned |
Past
| I | decerned |
| you | decerned |
| he;she;it | decerned |
| we | decerned |
| you | decerned |
| they | decerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had decerned |
| you | had decerned |
| he;she;it | had decerned |
| we | had decerned |
| you | had decerned |
| they | had decerned |
Future
| I | will decern |
| you | will decern |
| he;she;it | will decern |
| we | will decern |
| you | will decern |
| they | will decern |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decerned |
| you | will have decerned |
| he;she;it | will have decerned |
| we | will have decerned |
| you | will have decerned |
| they | will have decerned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decern |
| you | decern |
| he;she;it | decern |
| we | decern |
| you | decern |
| they | decern |
Perfect
| I | have decerned |
| you | have decerned |
| he;she;it | have decerned |
| we | have decerned |
| you | have decerned |
| they | have decerned |
Imperfect
| I | decerned |
| you | decerned |
| he;she;it | decerned |
| we | decerned |
| you | decerned |
| they | decerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had decerned |
| you | had decerned |
| he;she;it | had decerned |
| we | had decerned |
| you | had decerned |
| they | had decerned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decern |
| you | would decern |
| he;she;it | would decern |
| we | would decern |
| you | would decern |
| they | would decern |
Perfect
| I | would have decerned |
| you | would have decerned |
| he;she;it | would have decerned |
| we | would have decerned |
| you | would have decerned |
| they | would have decerned |
Imperative
| you | decern |
| we | Let's decern |
| you | decern |
Verbs conjugated like 'decern'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'decern'
decerp,
secern,
dearn,
decan,
decar,
decarb,
decard,
decede,
decon,
decore,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to perceive with the eyes
- behold, pipe, see
- to catch sight of something; to take notice (visually)
- catch sight of, clock, descry, espy, goam, ken, make out, spot, spy
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in late Middle English circa 1425; from the French décerner, from the Latin dēcernō (“to decide, pronounce a decision”), from dē (“of, from, away from”) + cernō (“to separate, distinguish”), whence the English cern. In Old French, the forms of décerner were frequently conflated with those of descerner, discerner; the two verbs were not clearly distinguished until the 16th century; hence, in English also, decern is found with the sense discern. See: French '
décerner', Latin '
dēcernō', English '
cern'.
Sample Sentences
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He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned. [1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548]