absol. or intransitive.

intransitive. To judge of, to distinguish between.

intransitive. To (be able to) distinguish between. rare before 19th cent. (chiefly colloquial in later use).

intransitive in the same sense.

intransitive. To distinguish between. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To distinguish (one thing) from another thing. Also intransitive: to distinguish between things. Obsolete.

To make or draw a distinction; to perceive or note the difference between things; to exercise… absol. (in quot. 1647, with clause.)

intransitive. To make or recognize a distinction; to distinguish among or between; to exercise discernment.

intransitive. To recognize the difference between; to distinguish between. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To make a distinction between; to distinguish between.

intransitive. To discriminate or make a distinction between. Obsolete.