decern

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

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

3. (chiefly transitive, sometimes intransitive, Scots law) To decree (something) by judicial sentence.Examples: "He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned."intransitivesometimestransitive

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

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