单词 | discerner |
释义 | discernern. A person who or thing which discerns (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > one who discriminates discerner1526 distinctor1577 refiner1586 distinguisher1599 discriminator1663 discerning1677 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. biiiiv To be vyntenars, discerners, and tasters of the same. 1539 Bible (Great) Heb. iv. 12 The worde of God..is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the herte. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 32 'Twas said they saw but one, and no Discerner Durst wagge his Tongue in censure. View more context for this quotation a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) I. 285 He is therefore called a discerner or criticizer of the Heart. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋2 I am too nice a Discerner to laugh at any, but whom most other People think fine Fellows. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. lxix. 36 Tis yours, O ye discerners of mankind, to lay the line between society, and weaken that force by dividing, which should bind with united vigour. 1826 Boston Monthly Mag. July 80 He is a shrewd discerner of men, and looks quite through their actions and motives. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 292 Discerners of characters..who would have known our future great men. 1920 Pedagogical Seminary Mar. 112 He becomes an astute discerner of truth. 2004 P. Barberis Liberal Lion (2005) i. 11 The individual, though, was the measure of all things—the discerner of his or her own interests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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