Definition of "decern" in Englisch

verb

1. (obsolete, chiefly transitive) To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.

2. (chiefly transitive, sometimes intransitive, Scots law) To decree (something) by judicial sentence.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).

4. To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.