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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discriminated}; p. pr & vb n. {Discriminating}.] To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. --Cowper. To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a. Marking a difference; distinguishing. -- {Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly}, adv And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white. --Canning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discriminating adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" [ant: {undiscriminating}] 2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: {discriminate}] [ant: {indiscriminate}] 3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: {acute}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
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