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| des·cant [ dés kànt, dís kànt ] or dis·cant [ dís kànt ] |
noun (plural des·cants) (plural dis·cants) |
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1. high melody: a melody that is sung or played above the basic melody of a piece of music
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2. comment: a comment, remark, or criticism on a particular subject
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intransitive verb (past and past participle des·cant·ed, present participle des·cant·ing, 3rd person present singular des·cants) (past and past participle dis·cant·ed, present participle dis·cant·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·cants) |
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discourse on something: to comment at length on a particular subject
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman descaunt< medieval Latin discantus "part song, refrain" < Latin cantus "song"] |
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  des·cant·er noun |
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