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cerner.

to surround

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɛʁ.ne/

  1. to surround

    transitive
    Les gendarmes cernèrent la maison où il s’était réfugié.
    Il avait les yeux cernés de noir.

  2. to figure out; to distinguish, identify the boundaries of

    figuratively · transitive
    La discussion a aidé à cerner le problème.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin circināre.

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