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Discount (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
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Discount (?), n. [Cf. F. décompte. See , v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.
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2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
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3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.
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Coloq. At a discount , below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. -- Coloq. Bank discount , a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Coloq. Discount broker , one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Coloq. Discount day , a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. -- Coloq. True discount , the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.
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Discountable (?), a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.
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Discountenance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing (?).] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.] 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
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How would one look from his majestic brow . . .
Discountenance her despised! Milton.
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The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
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A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.
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Discountenance, n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
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He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.
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Discountenancer (?), n. One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
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Discounter (?), n. One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.
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Discourage (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging (?).] [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See .] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.
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Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.
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2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
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Discourage, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.
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Discourageable (?), a. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
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Discouragement (?), n. [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.] 1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
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2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. “Discouragements from vice.” Swift.
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Discourager (?), n. One who discourages.
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The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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Discouraging (?), a. Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Discouragingly, adv.
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Discoure (?), v. t. To discover. [Obs.]
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That none might her discoure. Spenser.
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Discourse (?), n. [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See .] 1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.]
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Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South.
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Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason
To fust in us unused. Shak.
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2. Conversation; talk.
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In their discourses after supper. Shak.
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Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.
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3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
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Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.
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4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
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5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.]
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Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse
Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how
We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.
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Discourse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.] 1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] “Have sense or can discourse.” Dryden.
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2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.
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Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.
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3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.
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4. To treat of something in writing and formally.
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Discourse, v. t. 1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.]
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The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.
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2. To utter or give forth; to speak.
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It will discourse most eloquent music. Shak.
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3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.]
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I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.
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Discourser (?), n. 1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.
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In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.
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2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
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Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.
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Discoursive (?), a. [See .] 1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.
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2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.
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The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.
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3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]
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Discoursive, n. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.
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Discourteous (?; see , 277), a. [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Discourteously, adv. -- Discourteousness, n.
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Discourtesy (?), n. [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.] Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.
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Discourtship (?), n. Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Discous (?), a. [L. discus disk. See .] Disklike; discoid.
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Discovenant (?), v. t. To dissolve covenant with.
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Discover (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See .] 1. To uncover. [Obs.]
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Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.
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2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). [Archaic]
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Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak.
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Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon.
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We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8.
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Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.
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3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. [wns=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
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Some to discover islands far away. Shak.
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4. To manifest without design; to show.
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The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.
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5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]

Syn. -- To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To , . We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.
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Discover, v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]
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This done, they discover. Decker.
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Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.
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Discoverability (?), n. The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.
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Discoverable (?), a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
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Discoverer (?), n. 1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.
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The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
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Discoverment, n. Discovery. [Obs.]
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Discovert (?), a. [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See , .] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
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Discovert, n. An uncovered place or part. [Obs.]
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Coloq. At discovert , uncovered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Discoverture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.] 1. Discovery. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
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Discovery (?), n.; pl. Discoveries (�). 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
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2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.
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In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.
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3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.
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A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott.
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We speak of the “invention” of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.
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4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
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5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
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Discovery Day. same as , above.
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Discradle (?), v. t. To take from a cradle. [R.]
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This airy apparition first discradled
From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.
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Discredit (?), n. [Cf. F. discrédit.] 1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
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2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.

Syn. -- Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
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Discredit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] [Cf. F. discréditer.] 1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
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2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
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An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.
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2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
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He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.
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discreditable (?), a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Discreditably, adv.
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discredited adj. 1. being brought into disrepute; as, a discredited politician.
Syn. -- damaged.
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2. suffering shame.
Syn. -- disgraced, dishonored, shamed.
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3. having been shown to be incorrect; as, a discredited theory or policy.
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discreditor (?), n. One who discredits.
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Discreet (?), a. [Compar. Discreeter (?); superl. Discreetest.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See , and cf. .] 1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
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It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison.
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Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.
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The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.
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2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser.

-- Discreetly, adv. -- Discreetness, n.

{ Discrepance (?; 277), Discrepancy (?), } n.; pl. -ances (#), -ancies (#). [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See .] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
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There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot.
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There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.
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Discrepant (?), a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See .] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
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The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.
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Discrepant, n. A dissident. J. Taylor.
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Discrete (?), a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See .] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
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2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, “I resign my life, but not my honor,” is a discrete proposition.
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3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
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Coloq. Discrete movement . See Concrete movement of the voice, under , a. -- Coloq. Discrete proportion , proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. -- Coloq. Discrete quantity , that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
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Discrete, v. t. To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Discretely, adv. Separately; disjunctively.
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Discretion (?), n. [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See , .] 1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.
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2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.
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The better part of valor is discretion. Shak.
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The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.
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3. Discrimination.
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Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. Shak.
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4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
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Coloq. At discretion , without conditions or stipulations.
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