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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dis-côr're-spônd'ent, a. p. 382Incongruous. Mountagu.Dis-eōst', v. i. p. 382The same as DISCOAST. [Obs.]Dis-coun'sel, v. t. p. 382To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.Dis'count, n. p. 382A deduction from, or abatement of, a sum of money forming the object of a business transaction; an allowance made for any reason upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like. 2. A…Dis'count or Dis-count', v. t. p. 382To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent. for prompt or for advanced payment. 2. To loan money upon…Dis′count or Dis-count′, v. i. p. 382To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the banks discount for sixty or ninety days.Dis-count'a-ble, a. p. 382Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.Dis'count-brō'ker, n. p. 382One who cashes bills of exchange, or makes advances on securities.Dis-coun'te-nance, v. t. p. 382To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put out of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow ... Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was…Dis-coun'te-nance, n. p. 382Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.Dis-coun'te-nan-cer, n. p. 382One who discountenances or discourages by expression of disapprobation.Dis'count-er, n. p. 382One who discounts, or advances money on discounts. Burke.Dis-cōur'age, v. t. p. 382To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress spirits in; to deprive of confidence; to deject. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21. 2. To…Dis-coûr'age, n. p. 382Lack of courage; cowardliness. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Dis-cōūr'age-a-ble, a. p. 382Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.Dis-cour'age-ment, n. p. 382The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression of confidence; detriment; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or…Dis-coûr'a-ger, n. p. 382One who discourages, disheartens, or depresses the courage.Dis-coûr'a-ging-ly, adv. p. 382In a manner tending to discourage.Dis-cōure′, v. t. p. 382To discover. [Obs.] “That none might her discoure.” Spencer.Dis-cōurse', n. p. 382The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and gathering them into a conclusion; the power to run over in order to compare and judge; an…Dis-cōurse', v. i. p. 383To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging, and inferring. "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden. 2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or…Dis-cōurse’, v. t. p. 383To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe. 2. To utter or give forth. It will discourse most…Dis-cōur'ser, n. p. 383One who discourses; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward. 2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Swift.Dis-cōur'sive, a. p. 383Reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton. 2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is interlaced with dialogue or discursive scenes. Dryden. 3.…Dis-coûr'te-oùs, a. p. 383Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous; as, a discourteous knight.Dis-coûr'te-oûs-ly, adv. p. 383In a discourteous or uncivil manner; with incivility.Dis-côur'te-oûs-ness, n. p. 383Incivility; discourtesy.Dis-côur'te-sy, n. p. 383Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; act of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.Dis-cōurt'ship, n. p. 383Want of respect. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Dĭs'cōûs, a. p. 383Disk-like; circular, wide, and flat; discoid; — said of the middle, plain, and flat part of some composite flowers. Quincy.Dis-cōv'e-nant, v. t. p. 383To dissolve covenant with.Dis-cŏv'er, v. t. p. 383To remove the covering or envelope from; to disclose; to lay open; to expose to view; to make manifest; to show. Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince.…Dis-cŏv'er, v. i. p. 383To show one's self; to appear. Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.Dis-cōv'er-a-bīl'i-ty, n. p. 383Quality of being discoverable. Carlyle.Dis-cŏv'er-a-ble, a. p. 383Capable of being discovered, brought to light, perceived, ascertained, or found out; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; the Scriptures reveal many things not…Dis-cŏv'er-er, n. p. 383One who discovers, espies, or first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. “The discoverers and searchers of the land.”…Dis-cŏv'er-ment, n. p. 383Discovery. [Obs.] Fairfax.Dis-cōv'ert, a. p. 383(Law.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.Dis-cōv'ert-ure, n. p. 383Discovery. [Obs.] 2. (Law.) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.Dis-cŏv′er-y, n. p. 383The action of discovering; exposure to view; disclosure; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his…Dis-crā'dle, v. i. p. 383To come forth, as from a cradle; to emerge; to break out. This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.Dis-cred'it, n. p. 383Want of credit; some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life…Dis-crēd'it, v. t. p. 383To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited. 2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in. An occasion might be given to the . . .…Dis-crēd'it-a-ble, a. p. 383Tending to injure credit; not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.Dis-crēd'it-a-bly, adv. p. 383In a discreditable manner.Dis-crēd'it-or, n. p. 383One who discredits.Dis-creet', a. p. 383Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; circumspect; not rash, headlong, or heedless; cautious; wary. It is the…Dis-creet'ly, adv. p. 383In a discreet manner; prudently; circumspectly.Dis-creet'ness, n. p. 383The quality of being discreet; discretion.Dis-crēp'ance or Dis-crēp'an-cy, n. p. 383The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; incongruity; inconsistency. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture, of youth and age. Sir T. Elyot. There is no real…Dis-crēp'ant, a. p. 383Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; different. The Egyptians were ... the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. (Cudworth.)Dis-crēte', a. p. 383Separate; distinct; disjunct. 2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition. Discrete movement of the voice, a leap…Dis-crēte', v. t. p. 383To separate. [Obs.] Browne.Dis-crē'tion, n. p. 383Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede. 2. The quality of being discreet; sagacity; sound and cautious judgment; prudence; circumspection; wariness; caution. The greatest parts without discretion may…Dis-crē'tion-al, a. p. 383[Fr. dis-Dis-crē'tion-a-ry p. 383Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, the president of the United States is, in certain cases, invested with discretionary powers, to act according to circumstances.Dis-crē'tion-al-ly or Dis-crē'tion-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 383At discretion; according to discretion.Dis-crē'tive, a. p. 383Serving or accustomed to discrete; disjunctive; separating. “A discretive conceptualist.” Coleridge. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by…Dis-crē'tive-ly, adv. p. 383In a discretive manner.Dis-crim'i-na-ble, a. p. 383Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.