Descry /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Descried; p. pr. & vb. n. Descrying

1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.

   And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.

   Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry The strength o' the enemy.

   And now their way to earth they had descried.

2. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.]

   His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him.

1. Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.]

   Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought.