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Discernment. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong. A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.

Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.

The quality of being discernible.

In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.

Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.

In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.

The act of discerning.

To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.

Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

Capable of being discerped. [R.]

The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.

Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.

Departure. [Obs.]

of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.

To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bearing disks.