DESCANT
\dˈɛskant], \dˈɛskant], \d_ˈɛ_s_k_a_n_t]\
Definitions of DESCANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
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The upper voice in part music.
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The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
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A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
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To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
By Oddity Software
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Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
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The upper voice in part music.
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The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
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A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
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To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A part song: a discourse or disquisition in several parts, or under several heads: a discourse.
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To discourse at length: to comment.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To discourse at length; hold forth; with on or upon.
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The act of descanting; a discourse; a varied melody or song.
By James Champlin Fernald
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