Webster's Dictionary 1913

3943

Discover

Dis‐cov″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Discovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + co...

3944

Discover (2)

Dis‐cov″er, v. i. To discover or show one's self.This done, they discover. Decker.Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.

3945

Discoverability

Dis‐cov′er‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being discoverable. Carlyle.

3946

Discoverable

Dis‐cov″er‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable b...

3947

Discoverer

Dis‐cov″er‐er (?), 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.The disco...

3948

Discoverment

Dis‐cov″er‐ment, n. Discovery.

3949

Discovert

Dis‐cov″ert (?), a. [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert.] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woma...

3950

Discovert (2)

Dis‐cov″ert, n. An uncovered place or part.At discovert, uncovered. Chaucer.

3951

Discoverture

Dis‐cov″er‐ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.] 1. Discovery.2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the covertur...

3952

Discovery

Dis‐cov″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Discoveries (�). 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.2. A making known; revelation; disclo...

3953

Discovery Day

Dis‐cov″er‐y Day. = Columbus Day, above.

3954

Discradle

Dis‐cra″dle (?), v. t. To take from a cradle.This airy apparition first discradledFrom Tournay into Portugal. Ford.

3955

Discredit

Dis‐cred″it (?), 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 i...

3956

Discredit (2)

Dis‐cred″it, 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 i...

3957

Discreditable

Dis‐cred″it‐a‐ble (?), a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. — Dis‐cred″it‐a‐bly, adv.

3958

Discreditor

Dis‐cred″it‐or (?), n. One who discredits.

3959

Discreet

Dis‐creet″ (?), a. [Compar.Discreeter (?); superl.Discreetest.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and...

3960

Discrepance

{ Dis‐crep″ance (?; 277), Dis‐crep″an‐cy (?), } n.; pl.-ances (#), -ancies (#). [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.] The state or quality of being discrepant; ...

3961

Discrepant

Dis‐crep″ant (?), a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.] Disc...

3962

Discrepant (2)

Dis‐crep″ant, n. A dissident. J. Taylor.

3963

Discrete

Dis‐crete″ (?), a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause;...

3964

Discrete (2)

Dis‐crete″, v. t. To separate. Sir T. Browne.

3965

Discretely

Dis‐crete″ly, adv. Separately; disjunctively.

3966

Discretion

Dis‐cre″tion (?), n. [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.] 1. Disjunction; separation. Mede.2. The...

3967

Discretional

{ Dis‐cre″tion‐al (?), Dis‐cre″tion‐a‐ry (?), } [Cf. F. discrétionnaire.] Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary...

3968

Discretionally

{ Dis‐cre″tion‐al‐ly (?), Dis‐cre″tion‐a‐ri‐ly (?), } adv. At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

3969

Discretive

Dis‐cre″tive (?), a. [L. discretivus. See Discrete.] Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.Discretive proposition(Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposi...