decern

verb7

1. •
   To decree (something) by judicial sentence.
2. •
   To decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
3. •
   To decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.

   • 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. — 1668
4. •
   To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
5. •
   (no longer used) To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
6. •
   (no longer used) To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
7. •
   (no longer used) To distinguish; to discriminate between.