descry

verb2

1. •
   (literary) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.

   • VVe vvere descried, theyle mock vs novv dounright. — 1595
2. •
   (literary) To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.

   • The kalender, […] hath late descry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'house of Death; […] — 1645