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Definition: DECERN

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To perceive, discern, or decide.[Websters]
2. To decree; to adjudge.[Websters]
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: decerning, decerned, decerns, decerner, decerners, decerningly and decernedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Decern" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references)

Etymology:Decern \De*cern"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression decernere. See Decree.]. (references)

Definition: DECERN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To perceive, discern, or decide.[Websters]
2. To decree; to adjudge.[Websters]
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: decerning, decerned, decerns, decerner, decerners, decerningly and decernedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DECERN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references)

Etymology:Decern \De*cern"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression decernere. See Decree.]. (references)