Part 3172

<hw>Dis*card"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>To make a discard.</def>

<h1>Discard</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*card"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.</def>

<h1>Discardure</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*car"dure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rejection; dismissal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hayter.</i>

<h1>Discarnate</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*car"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>carnatus</ets> fleshy, fr. <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh.]</ety> <def>Stripped of flesh.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Discarnate</i> bones."

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Discase</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*case"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strip; to undress.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Discede</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cede"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discedere</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cedere</ets> to yield.]</ety> <def>To yield or give up; to depart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I dare not <b>discede</b> from my copy a tittle. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discept</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cept"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disceptare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To debate; to discuss.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>One dissertates, he is candid; Two must <b>discept</b>, -- has distinguished. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disceptation</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`cep*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disceptatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Controversy; disputation; discussion.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Verbose janglings and endless <b>disceptations</b>. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disceptator</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`cep*ta"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who arbitrates or decides.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cowley.</i>

<h1>Discern</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cern"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discerned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discerning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>discerner</ets>, L. <ets>discernere</ets>, <ets>discretum</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cernere</ets> to separate, distinguish. See <er>Certain</er>, and cf. <er>Discreet</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>discern</b> such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>