Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the
hourly thought. --Shak.
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.
--Judg. i. 23.
Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry The
strength o' the enemy. --Shak.
And now their way to earth they had descried.
--Milton.
2. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.]
His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should
descry him. --Milton.
Syn: To see; behold; espy; discover; discern.