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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Dis-crim'i-nant, n. p. 383(Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogeneous function of n variables. See ELIMINANT.Dis-crim'i-nāte, v. t. p. 383To set apart as being different; to separate; to distinguish; as, in the last judgment, the righteous will be discriminated from the wicked. 2. To mark as different; to distinguish by a peculiar note…Dis-crim'i-nāte, v. i. p. 383To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; to judge with nicety; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.Dis-crim'i-nate, a. p. 383Distinguished; having the difference marked. Bacon.Dis-crim'i-nate-ly, adv. p. 383In a discriminating manner; distinctly.Dis-crim'i-nate-ness, n. p. 383The state of being discriminated; distinctness.Dis-crĭm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 383The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench. 2. The state of being…Dis-crim'i-na-tive, a. p. 383Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. “That peculiar and discriminative form of life.” Johnson. 2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating.…Dis-crim'i-na-tive-ly, adv. p. 383With discrimination or distinction. Foster.Dis-crĭm′ĭ-nā′tor, n. p. 383One who discriminates.Dis-crim'i-na-to-ry, a. p. 383Discriminative.Dis-crim'i-noūs, a. p. 383Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.Dis-crown', v. t. p. 383To deprive of a crown. The end had not crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.Dis-cru'ci-ā-ting, a. p. 383Excruciating. [Obs.] Browne.Dis-cūm'bi-to-ry, a. p. 383Leaning; inclining; suited or adapted to a reclining posture. [Obs.] Browne.Dis-cŭl'pāte, v. t. p. 383To free from blame or fault; to exculpate; to excuse. [Obs.] I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. H. Walpole.Dis/cul-pā'tion, n. p. 384Exculpation. [Obs.] Burke.Dis-cŭl'pa-to-ry, a. p. 384Tending to exculpate.Dis-cūm'ben-cy, n. p. 384The act of leaning at meat, according to the manner of the ancients. Browne.Dis-cūm’ber, v. t. p. 384To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disengage from a troublesome weight; to disencumber. Pope.Dis-cūre', v. t. p. 384To discover; to reveal. [Obs.] I will, if please you it discure, assay To ease you of that ill. Spenser.Dis-cŭr'rent, a. p. 384Not current. [Obs.] Sandys.Dis-cūr'sion, n. p. 384Expatiation; discourse; rambling or desultory talk. Hobbes. 2. The act of discoursing or reasoning. Coleridge.Dis-cūr'sist, n. p. 384A discourser or disputer. [Obs.] L. Addison.Dis-cūr'sive, a. p. 384Capable of knowing and inferring by discourse; rational; discursive. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton. 2. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving…Dis-cŭr'sive-ly, adv. p. 384In a discursive manner; argumentatively; digressively. Hale.