One dissertates, he is candid;
Two must discept, -- has distinguished.
R. Browning.
Dis`cep*ta"tion (?), n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic]
Verbose janglings and endless disceptations.
Strype.
Dis`cep*ta"tor (?), n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.
Dis*cern" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.] 1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms.
Boyle.
A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
Prov. vii. 7.
Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects.
Beattie.