descry

Barnum, America has evolved into a world in which there is “no business but show business,” descrying the descent of politics into mere performance spectacle.

Once the employer of 500 people, the mill is a keyhole through which most of Dundee’s history can be descried.

The six and twentieth day of April, about four o’clock in the morning, we descried the land of Virginia.

Another witness descried their relationship as being "more like mother and daughter".

But he was comfortable with the show, which he descried as “about 85% true to life.”