† diˈscreeve, v. Obs. rare.
App. a form of descrive, in its erroneous use (¶ 4) for descry, and so = To disclose, discover.
| a 1765 Ballad, ‘Sir Cawline’ iii. in Child Ballads (1885) iii. No. 61. 58/1 Nothing durst hee say To discreeue his councell to noe man. ― ‘Christopher White’ ii. Ibid. iv. No. 108. 439/1 Loth I was her councell to discreene [?-eeue]. |