decern vs see

decern

verb
  • See distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern. 

  • transferred sense 

  • Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence.  (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court. 

  • Decree by judicial sentence that something be done. 

  • intransitive 

  • with simple object 

see

verb
  • To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. 

  • Used to emphasise a proposition. 

  • To date frequently. 

  • To be the setting or time of. 

  • To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it. 

  • To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled. 

  • To foresee, predict, or prophesy. 

  • To visit for a medical appointment. 

  • To reference or to study for further details. 

  • To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative. 

  • To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc. 

  • To understand. 

  • To witness or observe by personal experience. 

  • To form a mental picture of. 

  • To wait upon; attend, escort. 

  • To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value. 

  • To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether). 

  • To include as one of something's experiences. 

  • To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit. 

noun
  • A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. 

  • a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop. 

  • The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric 

intj
  • Introducing an explanation 

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