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When both rocks and all things shall disband. Herbert.
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Human society would in a short space disband. Tillotson.
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Disbandment (?), n. The act of disbanding.
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Disbar (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbarring.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.
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Disbark (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. , .] To disembark. Pope.
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Disbark, v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] Boyle.
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Disbarment (?), n. Act of disbarring.
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Disbase (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To debase or degrade. [Obs.]
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Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.
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Disbecome (?), v. t. To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.
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Disbelief (?), n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
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Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson.
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No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men. Carlyle.

Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- , . Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.
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Disbelieve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbelieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving.] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.
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Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.
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Disbeliever (?), n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.
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Disbench (?), v. t. 1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] Shak.
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2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W.
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Disbend (?), v. t. To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling.
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Disbind (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede.
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Disblame (?), v. t. [OE. desblamen, OF. desblasmer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + blasmer, F. blâmer, to blame.] To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Disbodied (?), a. Disembodied. [R.]
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Disboscation (?), n. [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet grove.] Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.
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Disbowel (?), v. t. [See , v. t.] To disembowel. [R.] Spenser.
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Disbranch (?), v. t. [See , v.] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.
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Disbud (?), v. t. [See , v.] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.
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Disburden (?), v. t. [See , v. t.] [Cf. .] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
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He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham.
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My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.

Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.
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Disburden, v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.
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Disburgeon (?), v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] Holland.
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Disburse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] [OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See , and cf. .] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
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The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay.
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Coloq. Disbursing officer , an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.
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Disbursement (?), n. [Cf. F. déboursement.] 1. The act of disbursing or paying out.
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The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.
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2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
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Disburser (?), n. One who disburses money.
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Disburthen (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] [Cf. .] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]
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Disc (dĭsk), n. [See , .] A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as .
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Discage (?), v. t. To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.
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Discal (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
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Discalceate (?), v. t. [L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.] To pull off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Discalceated (?), a. Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.
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Discalceation (?), n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Discalced (?), a. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. “The foundation of houses of discalced friars.” Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.
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Discamp (?), v. t. [See .] To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.
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Discandy (?), v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]
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Discant (?), n. See , n.
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Discapacitate (?), v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]
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Discard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.] 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
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2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.
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They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift.
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3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
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A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
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Discard, v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.
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Discard, n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
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Discardure (?; 135), n. Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.
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Discarnate (?), a. [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.] Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] “Discarnate bones.” Glanvill.
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Discase (?), v. t. To strip; to undress. Shak.
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Discede (?), v. i. [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.] To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.]
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I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller.
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Discept (?), v. i. [L. disceptare.] To debate; to discuss. [R.]
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One dissertates, he is candid;
Two must discept, -- has distinguished. R. Browning.
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Disceptation (?), n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic]
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Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.
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Disceptator (?), n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.
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Discern (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See , and cf. .] 1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
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To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle.
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A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
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And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7.
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Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie.
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I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.

Syn. -- To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See .
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Discern, v. i. 1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
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More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11.
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2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Discernance (?), n. Discernment. [Obs.]
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Discerner (?), n. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.
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A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.
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Discernible (?), a. [L. discernibilis.] Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.
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The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident; manifest.
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Discernibleness, n. The quality of being discernible.
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Discernibly, adv. In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.
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Discerning, a. Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.
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Discerningly, adv. In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.
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Discernment (?), n. [Cf. F. discernement.] 1. The act of discerning.
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2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

Syn. -- Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. -- , , . Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences.
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Discerp (?), v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.] 1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
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2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

{ Discerpibility (?), Discerptibility (?) }, n. Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

{ Discerpible (?), Discerptible (?) }, a. [See .] Capable of being discerped. [R.]
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Discerption (?), n. [L. discerptio.] The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.
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Discerptive (?), a. Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.
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Discession (?), n. [L. discessio, fr. discedere, discessum. See .] Departure. [Obs.]
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Discharge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discharging.] [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. décharger; pref. des- (L. dis) + chargier, F. charger. See .] 1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
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The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city. Knolles.
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Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. H. Spencer.
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3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
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Discharged of business, void of strife. Dryden.
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In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty. L'Estrange.
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4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
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Discharge the common sort
With pay and thanks. Shak.
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Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. Milton.
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5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
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6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
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7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
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They do discharge their shot of courtesy. Shak.
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8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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We say such an order was “discharged on appeal.” Mozley & W.
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The order for Daly's attendance was discharged. Macaulay.
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9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
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Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large
As could their hundred offices discharge. Dryden.
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10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.]
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If he had
The present money to discharge the Jew. Shak.
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11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
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12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] Sir W. Scott.
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13. (Textile Dyeing & Printing) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
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Coloq. Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of . -- Coloq. Discharging piece , Coloq. Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. -- Coloq. Discharging rod (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See .

Syn. -- See .
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Discharge, v. i. To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
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The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.
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Discharge, n. [Cf. F. décharge. See , v. t.] 1. The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
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2. Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
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3. Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
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4. Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
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Indefatigable in the discharge of business. Motley.
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Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties. L'Estrange.
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5. Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
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6. Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
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7. The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
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Too secure of our discharge
From penalty. Milton.
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8. That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
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Death, who sets all free,
Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge. Milton.
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9. A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
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The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge. S. Sharp.
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