Definition of "discerned" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of discern. (verb)

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• "But what surprised me the most concerning the Devil can be discerned from the following passage in the book:"
• "This isn't discerned from the observations you mentioned."
• "Rather than rehearse the elements easily discerned from the essays themselves, the remainder of this introduction will provide a context within which readers can explore the resonances at work in the essays themselves as they connect to broader historical and cultural developments mapped in subsequent sections of this introduction."