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<h1>Discreditor</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cred"it*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discredits.</def>

<h1>Discreet</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*creet"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Discreeter</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Discreetest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>discret</ets>, L. <ets>discretus</ets> separated (whence the meaning <ets>reserved</ets>, <ets>prudent</ets>), p. p. of <ets>discernere</ets>. See <er>Discern</er>, and cf. <er>Discrete</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.</def>

<blockquote>It is the <b>discreet</b> man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too <b>discreet</b> To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The sea is silent, the sea is <b>discreet</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Differing; distinct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis*creet"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis*creet"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discrepance; 277, Discrepancy</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw><hw>Dis*crep"ance</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>Dis*crep"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ances</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <plw>-ancies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>disrepantia</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>discrepance</ets>. See <er>Discrepant</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.</def>

<blockquote>There hath been ever a <b>discrepance</b> of vesture of youth and age, men and women. <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There is no real <b>discrepancy</b> between these two genealogies. <i>G. S. Faber.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discrepant</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*crep"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discrepans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>discrepare</ets> to sound differently or discordantly; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>crepare</ets> to rattle, creak: cf. OF. <ets>discrepant</ets>. See <er>Crepitate</er>.]</ety> <def>Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.</def>

<blockquote>The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly <b>discrepant</b> from the rest in their manner of worship. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discrepant</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*crep"ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dissident.</def>

<i>J. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Discrete</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*crete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discretus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>discernere</ets>. See <er>Discreet</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Separate; distinct; disjunct.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; <as>as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a <ex>discrete</ex> proposition</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.</def>

<cs><col>Discrete movement</col>. <cd>See <cref>Concrete movement of the voice</cref>, under <er>Concrete</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Discrete proportion</col>, <cd>proportion where the ratio of the <i>means<i> is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to <i>continued<i> or <i>continual proportion<i>; as, 3:6::12:24.</cd> -- <col>Discrete quantity</col>, <cd>that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to <i>continued quantity<i>, as duration, or extension.</cd></cs>