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Definition of Scerned
1. scerne [v] - See also: scerne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scerned
Literary usage of Scerned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1852)
"... find that the eyes which nature has given me, sec many ings very clearly,
though some are out of their reach, 01 scerned but dimly. ..."
2. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"From these instances may readily be^scerned the advantages which these deferred
annuities afford, for securing a comfortable provision for the evening of ..."
3. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"Her toilet—Miss Bryce's strong point—was neglected; the very grace of her manner
scerned to depart. Poor Claudia ! disappointment was her fate, ..."
4. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1875)
"In these efforts the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were beyond a doubt prompted by an
earnest hatred of what scerned to them a nursery of licence and disorder. ..."
5. An Introduction to English Literature by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1907)
"... expresses d reveals; and taste, the faculty by which this beauty is scerned
and enjoyed, is, in its highest form, a moral or tical quality. ..."
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