Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

Discandy

Dis‐can″dy (?), v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw.

3755

Discant

Dis″cant (?), n. See Descant, n.

3756

Discapacitate

Dis‐ca‐pac″i‐tate (?), v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.

3757

Discard

Dis‐card″ (?), 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).2. To...

3758

Discard (2)

Dis‐card″, v. i.(Card Playing) To make a discard.

3759

Discard (3)

Dis‐card″, n.(Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

3760

Discardure

Dis‐car″dure (?; 135), n. Rejection; dismissal. Hayter.

3761

Discarnate

Dis‐car″nate (?), a. [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.] Stripped of flesh. “Discarnate bones.” Glanvill.

3762

Discase

Dis‐case″ (?), v. t. To strip; to undress. Shak.

3763

Discede

Dis‐cede″ (?), v. i. [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.] To yield or give up; to depart.I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller.

3764

Discept

Dis‐cept″ (?), v. i. [L. disceptare.] To debate; to discuss.One dissertates, he is candid;Two must discept, — has distinguished. R. Browning.

3765

Disceptation

Dis′cep‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion.Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.

3766

Disceptator

Dis′cep‐ta″tor (?), n. One who arbitrates or decides. Cowley.

3767

Discern

Dis‐cern″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Discerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and c...

3768

Discern (2)

Dis‐cern″, v. i. 1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.More than sixscore thousand that cannot d...

3769

Discernance

Dis‐cern″ance (?), n. Discernment.

3770

Discerner

Dis‐cern″er (?), n. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.A great observer and discerner of men's n...

3771

Discernible

Dis‐cern″i‐ble (?), 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 ...

3772

Discernibleness

Dis‐cern″i‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being discernible.

3773

Discernibly

Dis‐cern″i‐bly, adv. In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.

3774

Discerning

Dis‐cern″ing, a. Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.

3775

Discerningly

Dis‐cern″ing‐ly, adv. In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.

3776

Discernment

Dis‐cern″ment (?), n. [Cf. F. discernement.] 1. The act of discerning.2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing diff...

3777

Discerp

Dis‐cerp″ (?), v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.] 1. To tear in pieces; to rend. Stukeley.2. To separate; to disunite. Bp. Hurd.

3778

Discerpibility

{ Dis‐cerp′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), Dis‐cerp′ti‐bil″i‐ty (?) }, n. Capability or liableness to be discerped. Wollaston.

3779

Discerpible

{ Dis‐cerp″i‐ble (?), Dis‐cerp″ti‐ble (?) }, a. [See Discerp.] Capable of being discerped.

3780

Discerption

Dis‐cerp″tion (?), n. [L. discerptio.] The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.