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<blockquote><b>Discruciate</b> a man in deep distress. <i>Herrick.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discubitory</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cu"bi*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discumbere</ets>, <ets>discubitum</ets>, to lie down, recline at table; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cumbere</ets> (in comp.) to lie down.]</ety> <def>Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Disculpate</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cul"pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disculpated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disculpating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>disculpatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disculpare</ets> to disculpate; <ets>dis-</ets> + L. <ets>culpare</ets> to blame, <ets>culpa</ets> fault.]</ety> <def>To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.</def>

<blockquote>I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can <b>disculpate</b> myself. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disculpation</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis`cul*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>disculpation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Exculpation.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Disculpatory</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cul"pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.</def>

<h1>Discumbency</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cum"ben*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>discumbens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>discumbere</ets>. See <er>Discubitory</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Discumber</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cum"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cumber</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>descombrer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Discure</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Discover</er>.]</ety> <def>To discover; to reveal; to discoure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I will, if please you it <b>discure</b>, assay To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discurrent</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cur"rent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not current or free to circulate; not in use.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir E. Sandys.</i>

<h1>Discursion</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cur"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>discursio</ets> a running different ways. See <er>Discourse</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Discursist</h1> <Xpage=423>