Part 3198

<h1>Discoursive</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cours"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Discourteous</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cour"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?; see <er>Courteous</er>, 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>courteous</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>discortois</ets>.]</ety> <def>Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*cour"te*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis*cour"te*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discourtesy</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cour"te*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>courtesy</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>descourtoisie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.</def>

<blockquote>Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth <b>discourtesy</b>. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discourtship</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*court"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of courtesy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Discous</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Disc"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discus</ets> disk. See <er>Disk</er>.]</ety> <def>Disklike; discoid.</def>

<h1>Discovenant</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cov"e*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dissolve covenant with.</def>

<h1>Discover</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cov"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discovered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discovering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>discoveren</ets>, <ets>discuren</ets>, <ets>descuren</ets>, OF. <ets>descovrir</ets>, <ets>descouvrir</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82couvrir</ets>; <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>couvrir</ets> to cover. See <er>Cover</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To uncover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Whether any man hath pulled down or <b>discovered</b> any church. <i>Abp. Grindal.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).</def>

<blockquote>Go, draw aside the curtains, and <b>discover</b> The several caskets to this noble prince. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Prosperity doth best <b>discover</b> vice; but adversity doth best <b>discover</b> virtue. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We will <b>discover</b> ourselves unto them. <i>1 Sam. xiv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Discover</b> not a secret to another. <i>Prov. xxv. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Some to <b>discover</b> islands far away. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To manifest without design; to show.</def>

<blockquote>The youth <b>discovered</b> a taste for sculpture. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>