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discern

verb
  1. To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

  2. To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.

  3. To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.

    "He was too young to discern right from wrong."

Synonymsdiscriminate, distinguish, ken, spy

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