Syn.— Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.
DISCIPLEDis*ci"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discipled; p. pr. & vb. n.Discipling.]
1. To teach; to train. [Obs.] That better were in virtues discipled. Spenser.
2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. [R.] Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.
DISCIPLESHIPDis*ci"ple*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor.
DISCIPLESSDis*ci"pless, n.
Defn: A female disciple. [Obs.]
DISCIPLINABLEDis"ci*plin*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline.]
1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.
2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.
DISCIPLINABLENESSDis"ci*plin*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.
DISCIPLINALDis"ci*plin*al, a.
Defn: Relating to discipline. Latham.
DISCIPLINANTDis"ci*plin*ant, n. Etym: [See Discipline.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A flagellant. See Flagellant.
DISCIPLINARIANDis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman.
DISCIPLINARIANDis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, n.
1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; — because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
DISCIPLINARY Dis"ci*plin*a*ry, a. Etym: [LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective;belonging to a course of training.Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne.The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster.
DISCIPLINE Dis`ci*pline, n. Etym: [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple.]
1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral. Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. Bacon. Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. C. J. Smith.
2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill. Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, Obey the rules and discipline of art. Dryden.
3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience. The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard. Rogers.
4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate Macaulay.
5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. Giving her the discipline of the strap. Addison.
6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. Bp. Wilkins.
7. (Eccl.)
Defn: The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
8. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: Self- inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
9. (Eccl.)
Defn: A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish orAnglican discipline.
Syn. — Education; instruction; training; culture; correction; chastisement; punishment.
DISCIPLINEDis"ci*pline, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disciplined; p. pr. & vb. n.Disciplining.] Etym: [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L.disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.]
1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.
3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct. Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly Shak.
4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
Syn. — To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
DISCIPLINERDis"ci*plin*er, n.
Defn: One who disciplines.
DISCLAIMDis*claim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n.Disclaiming.]
1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.
2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.
3. (Law)
Defn: To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.
Syn.— To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
DISCLAIMDis*claim", v. t.
Defn: To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.
DISCLAIMERDis*claim"er, n.
1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
2. (Law)
Defn: A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate. Burrill.
3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like. Burke.
DISCLAMATIONDis`cla*ma"tion, n.
Defn: A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.
DISCLAMEDis*clame", v. t.
Defn: To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] "Money did love disclame."Spenser.
DISCLAUNDER Dis*claun"der, v. t. Etym: [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.]
Defn: To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
DISCLOAKDis*cloak", v. t.
Defn: To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCLOSE Dis*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] Etym: [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1. To unclose; to open; — applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.
3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.
4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. Addison.
Syn.— To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
DISCLOSEDis*close", n.
Defn: Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
DISCLOSEDDis*closed", p. a. (Her.)
Defn: Represented with wings expanded; — applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.
DISCLOSERDis*clos"er, n.
Defn: One who discloses.
DISCLOSUREDis*clo"sure, n. Etym: [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.]
1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure. He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.
2. That which is disclosed or revealed. Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten Macaulay.
DISCLOUDDis*cloud", v. t.
Defn: To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.
DISCLOUTDis*clout", v. t.
Defn: To divest of a clout. [R.]
DISCLUSION Dis*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.]
Defn: A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DISCOASTDis*coast", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.]
Defn: To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) ofanything; to be separated. [Obs.]As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher.To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.
DISCOBLASTICDis`co*blas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.
DISCOBOLUS Dis*cob"o*lus, n.; pl. Discoboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it
Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
DISCODACTYLDis`co*dac"tyl, n. Etym: [See Discodactylia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the tree frogs.
DISCODACTYLIADis`co*dac*tyl"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
DISCODACTYLOUSDis`co*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
DISCOHERENTDis`co*her"ent, a.
Defn: Incoherent. [R.]
DISCOIDDis"coid, a. Etym: [Gr. discoïde. See Disk.]
Defn: Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
DISCOIDDis"coid, n.
Defn: Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
DISCOIDALDis*coid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discoïdal.]
Defn: Disk-shaped; discoid.
DISCOLITHDis"co*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lith.] (Biol.)
Defn: One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about
DISCOLORDis*col"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored; p. pr. & vb. n.Discoloring.] Etym: [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. décolorer,fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See Color.][Written also discolour.]
1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon. To discolor all your ideas. Wat
DISCOLORATEDis*col"or*ate, v. t.
Defn: To discolor. [R.] Fuller.
DISCOLORATIONDis*col`or*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. decoloration.]
1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.
2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.
DISCOLOREDDis*col"ored, a.
1. Altered in color;
2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.
DISCOMFIT Dis*com"fit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] Etym: [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. déconfire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. Shak.
Syn. — To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
DISCOMFITDis*com"fit, a.
Defn: Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
DISCOMFITDis*com"fit, n.
Defn: Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. Milton.
DISCOMFITUREDis*com"fi*ture, n. Etym: [OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. SeeDiscomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.]
Defn: The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.
DISCOMFORTDis*com"fort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n.Discomforting.] Etym: [OF. desconforter, F. déconforter, todiscourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See Comfort.]
1. To discourage; to deject. His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.
2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive oas, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.
DISCOMFORT Dis*com"fort, n. Etym: [OF. desconfort, F. déconfort. See Discomfort, v. t.]
1. Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold. Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.
DISCOMFORTABLEDis*com"fort*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. desconfortable.]
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.] A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. — Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]
DISCOMMENDDis`com*mend", v. t.
1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.
2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys.
DISCOMMENDABLEDis`com*mend"a*ble, a.
Defn: Deserving, disapprobation or blame.— Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.
DISCOMMENDATIONDis*com`men*da"tion, n.
Defn: Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.
DISCOMMENDERDis`com*mend"er, n.
Defn: One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
DISCOMMISSIONDis`com*mis"sion, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.
DISCOMMODATEDis*com"mo*date, v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. ofcommodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. SeeCommodious, and cf. Discommode.]
Defn: To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.
DISCOMMODEDis`com*mode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discommoded; p. pr. & vb. n.Discommoding.] Etym: [See Discommodate.]
Defn: To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.]
Syn.— To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.
DISCOMMODIOUSDis`com*mo"di*ous, a.
Defn: Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser.— Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv.— Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
DISCOMMODITYDis`com*mod"i*ty, n.
Defn: Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.
DISCOMMONDis*com"mon, v. t.
1. To deprive of the right of common. [R.] Bp. Hall.
2. To deprive of privileges. [R.] T. Warton.
3. (Law)
Defn: To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. Burrill.
DISCOMMUNITYDis`com*mu"ni*ty, n.
Defn: A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship. Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin.
DISCOMPANYDis*com"pa*ny, v. t.
Defn: To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.
DISCOMPLEXIONDis`com*plex"ion, v. t.
Defn: To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DISCOMPLIANCEDis`com*pli"ance, n.
Defn: Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor. Pepys.
DISCOMPOSEDis`com*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed; p. pr. & vb. n.Discomposing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F.décomposer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate. Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.
Syn. — To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
DISCOMPOSEDDis`com*posed", a.
Defn: Disordered; disturbed; disquieted.— Dis`com*pos"ed*ly, adv.— Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.
DISCOMPOSITIONDis*com`po*si"tion, n.
Defn: Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.
DISCOMPOSUREDis`com*po"sure, n.
1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.
2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.
DISCOMPTDis*compt", v. t. Etym: [See Discount.]
Defn: To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.
DISCONCERTDis`con*cert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disconcerting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F.déconcerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.
Syn. — To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.
DISCONCERTDis`con*cert", n.
Defn: Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.
DISCONCERTIONDis`con*cer"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).
DISCONDUCIVEDis`con*du"cive, a.
Defn: Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]
DISCONFORMABLEDis`con*form"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not conformable.Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603).
DISCONFORMITYDis`con*form"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency;disagreement.Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conceptionof the mind. Hakewill.
DISCONGRUITYDis`con*gru"i*ty, n.
Defn: Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.
DISCONNECTDis`con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n.Disconnecting.]
Defn: To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever;to separate; to disperse.The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust andpowder of individuality. Burke.This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals.Walsh.
DISCONNECTIONDis`con*nec"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
DISCONSECRATEDis*con"se*crate, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]
DISCONSENTDis`con*sent", v. i.
Defn: To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.
DISCONSOLACYDis*con"so*la`cy, n.
Defn: The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATEDis*con"so*late, n.
Defn: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATE Dis*con"so*late, a. Etym: [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]
1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.
2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.
Syn.— Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless;gloomy.— Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv.— Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.
DISCONSOLATEDDis*con"so*la`ted, a.
Defn: Disconsolate. [Obs.]A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.
DISCONSOLATIONDis*con`so*la"tion, n.
Defn: Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.
DISCONTENTDis`con*tent", a.
Defn: Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor.Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.Bunyan.
DISCONTENTDis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n.Discontenting.]
Defn: To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.
DISCONTENTDis`con*tent", n.
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam
2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.
DISCONTENTATIONDis*con`ten*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.
DISCONTENTEDDis`con*tent"ed, p. p. & a.
Defn: Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1Sam. xxii. 2.— Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv.— Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
DISCONTENTFULDis`con*tent"ful, a.
Defn: Full of discontent. [R.]
DISCONTENTINGDis`con*tent"ing, a.
1. Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.
DISCONTENTIVEDis`con*tent"ive, a.
Defn: Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.
DISCONTENTMENTDis`con*tent"ment, n.
Defn: The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
DISCONTINUABLEDis`con*tin"u*a*ble, a.
Defn: Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]
DISCONTINUANCEDis`con*tin"u*ance, n.
1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.
2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.
Syn. — Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.
DISCONTINUATIONDis`con*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuation.]
Defn: Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.
DISCONTINUEDis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n.Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Defn: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.
DISCONTINUEDis`con*tin"ue, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
DISCONTINUEEDis`con*tin`u*ee", n. (Law)
Defn: One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
DISCONTINUERDis`con*tin"u*er, n.
Defn: One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.
DISCONTINUITYDis*con`ti*nu"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts."Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
DISCONTINUORDis`con*tin"u*or, n. (Law)
Defn: One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.
DISCONTINUOUSDis`con*tin"u*ous, a.
1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.
2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.
DISCONVENIENCEDis`con*ven"ience, n.
Defn: Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCONVENIENTDis`con*ven"ient, a.
Defn: Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.]Bp. Reynolds.
DISCOPHORADis*coph"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. — Dis*coph"o*rous, a.
DISCORD Dis"cord`, n. Etym: [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]
1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; — applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple.
Syn. — Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.
DISCORDDis*cord", v. i. Etym: [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French.See Discord, n.]
Defn: To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.[Obs.]The one discording with the other. Bacon.
DISCORDABLEDis*cord"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. descordable.]
Defn: That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.]Halliwell.
DISCORDANCE; DISCORDANCYDis*cord"ance, Dis*cord"an*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discordance.]
Defn: State or quality of being discordant; disagreement;inconsistency.There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.
DISCORDANTDis*cord"ant, a. Etym: [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant,discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder.See Discord, n.]
1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.
2. Etym: [See Discord, n.,
2.] (Mus.)
Defn: Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
Syn.— Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite;contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.— Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv.— Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]
DISCORDFULDis*cord"ful, a.
Defn: Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame."Spenser.
DISCORDOUSDis*cord"ous, a.
Defn: Full of discord. [Obs.]
DISCORPORATEDis*cor"po*rate, a.
Defn: Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.]Jas. II.
DISCORRESPONDENTDis*cor`re*spond"ent, a.
Defn: Incongruous. W. Montagu.
DISCOSTDis*cost", v. i.
Defn: Same as Discoast. [Obs.]
DISCOUNSEL Dis*coun"sel, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]
Defn: To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISCOUNTDis"count`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n.Discounting.] Etym: [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F.décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. SeeCount, v.]
1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. Walsh.
3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). Sir W. Hamilton.
DISCOUNTDis"count`, v. i.
Defn: To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
DISCOUNTDis"count`, n. Etym: [Cf. F. décompte. See Discount, v. t.]
1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.
2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. — Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. — Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. — Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. — True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.
DISCOUNTABLEDis*count"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.
DISCOUNTENANCE Dis*coun"te*nance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]
1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.
2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.
DISCOUNTENANCEDis*coun"te*nance, n.
Defn: Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.
DISCOUNTENANCERDis*coun"te*nan*cer, n.
Defn: One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
DISCOUNTERDis"count`er, n.
Defn: One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.
DISCOURAGEDis*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n.Discouraging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F.décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; — the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn.— To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
DISCOURAGEDis*cour"age, n.
Defn: Lack of courage; cowardliness.
DISCOURAGEABLEDis*cour"age*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
DISCOURAGEMENT Dis*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice." Swift.
DISCOURAGERDis*cour"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who discourages.The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.
DISCOURAGINGDis*cour"a*ging, a.
Defn: Causing or indicating discouragement.— Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
DISCOUREDis*coure", v. t.
Defn: To discover. [Obs.]That none might her discoure. Spenser.
DISCOURSE Dis*course", n. Etym: [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course.]
1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.
2. Conversation; talk. In their discourses after supper. Shak. Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.
3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.
4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.] Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.
DISCOURSEDis*course", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed; p. pr. & vb. n.Discoursing.]
1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden.
2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse. Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.
3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.
4. To treat of something in writing and formally.
DISCOURSEDis*course", v. t.
1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.
2. To utter or give forth; to speak. It will discourse mosShak.
3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.
DISCOURSERDis*cours"er, n.
1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.
2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.
DISCOURSIVEDis*cours"ive, a. Etym: [See Discursive.]
1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.
2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.
3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]
DISCOURSIVEDis*cours"ive, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.[R.] Feltham.
DISCOURTEOUS Dis*cour"te*ous (; see Courteous, 277), a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]
Defn: Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners;uncourteous.— Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv.— Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.
DISCOURTESY Dis*cour"te*sy, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.]
Defn: Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation ofdisrespect; incivility.Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truthdiscourtesy. Herbert.
DISCOURTSHIPDis*court"ship, n.
Defn: Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCOUSDisc"ous, a. Etym: [L. discus disk. See Disk.]
Defn: Disklike; discoid.
DISCOVENANTDis*cov"e*nant, v. t.
Defn: To dissolve covenant with.
DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] Etym: [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.
2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; tomake known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to thisnoble prince. Shak.Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discovervirtue. Bacon.We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8.Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.
3. 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. Some to discover islands far away. Shak.
4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.
5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]
Syn. — To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. — To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.
DISCOVERDis*cov"er, v. i.
Defn: To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]This done, they discover. DeckeNor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers ofthis world. Milton.
DISCOVERABILITYDis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.
DISCOVERABLEDis*cov"er*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
DISCOVERERDis*cov"er*er, n.
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
DISCOVERMENTDis*cov"er*ment, n.
Defn: Discovery. [Obs.]
DISCOVERTDis*cov"ert, a. Etym: [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. SeeDiscover, Covert.] (Law)
Defn: Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
DISCOVERTDis*cov"ert, n.
Defn: An uncovered place or part. [Obs.] At discovert, uncovered.[Obs.] Chaucer.
DISCOVERTURE Dis*cov"er*ture, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1. Discovery. [Obs.]
2. (Law)
Defn: A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
DISCOVERYDis*cov"er*y, n.; pl. Discoveries (.
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.
3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.
4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
DISCOVERY DAYDis*cov"er*y Day.
Defn: = Columbus Day, above.
DISCRADLEDis*cra"dle, v. t.
Defn: To take from a cradle. [R.]This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal.Ford.
DISCREDITDis*cred"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discrédit.]
1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.
Syn. — Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
DISCREDITDis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n.Discrediting.] Etym: [Cf. F. discréditer.]
1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.
2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.
DISCREDITABLEDis*cred"it*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful;disreputable.— Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
DISCREDITORDis*cred"it*or, n.
Defn: One who discredits.
DISCREET Dis*creet", a. [Compar. Discreeter; superl. Discreetest.] Etym: [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]
1. 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. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.
2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser.— Dis*creet"ly, adv.— Dis*creet"ness, n.
DISCREPANCE; DISCREPANCY Dis*crep"ance, Dis*crep"an*cy, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. Etym: [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
Defn: The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, menand women. Sir T. Elyot.There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S.Faber.
DISCREPANT Dis*crep"ant, a. Etym: [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.]
Defn: Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.
DISCREPANTDis*crep"ant, n.
Defn: A dissident. J. Taylor.
DISCRETEDis*crete", a. Etym: [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. SeeDiscreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Separate; not coalescent; — said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. — Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means 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 continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. — Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
DISCRETEDis*crete", v. t.
Defn: To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
DISCRETELYDis*crete"ly, adv.
Defn: Separately; disjunctively.
DISCRETIONDis*cre"tion, n. Etym: [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation,difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet,Discern.]
1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.
2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self- control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. The better part of valor is discretion. Shak. The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.
3. Discrimination. Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. Shak.
4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.
DISCRETIONAL; DISCRETIONARYDis*cre"tion*al, Dis*cre"tion*a*ry,Etym: [Cf. F. discrétionnaire.]
Defn: Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.
DISCRETIONALLY; DISCRETIONARILYDis*cre"tion*al*ly, Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.
DISCRETIVEDis*cre"tive, a. Etym: [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Defn: Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.
DISCRETIVELYDis*cre"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a discretive manner.
DISCRIMINABLEDis*crim"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.
DISCRIMINALDis*crim"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. discriminalis serving to divide.]
Defn: In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.
DISCRIMINANTDis*crim"i*nant, n. Etym: [L. discriminans, p. pr. of discriminare.](Math.)
Defn: The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.
DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf. Criminate.]
Defn: Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.Bacon.
DISCRIMINATEDis*crim"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Discriminating.]
Defn: To set apart as being different; to mark as different; toseparate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.Cowper.To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.
DISCRIMINATEDis*crim"i*nate, v. i.
1. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.
2. (a) To treat unequally. (b) (Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
DISCRIMINATELYDis*crim"i*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a discriminating manner; distinctly.
DISCRIMINATENESSDis*crim"i*nate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being discriminated; distinctness.
DISCRIMINATINGDis*crim"i*na`ting, a.
Defn: Marking a difference; distinguishing.— Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; —nor white so very white. Canning.
DISCRIMINATION Dis*crim`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.]
1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.
2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. Sir J. Reynolds.
3. (Railroads)
Defn: The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantiallythe same service.A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference incost, constitutes a case of discrimination. A. T. Hadley.
4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Syn. — Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment.
DISCRIMINATIVEDis*crim"i*na*tive, a.
1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.
2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.
DISCRIMINATIVELYDis*crim"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.
DISCRIMINATORDis*crim"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]
Defn: One who discriminates.
DISCRIMINATORYDis*crim"i*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Discriminative.
DISCRIMINOUS Dis*crim"i*nous, a. Etym: [LL. discriminosus, fr. L. discrimen the dangerous, decisive moment. See Discriminate, a.]
Defn: Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.
DISCRIVEDis*crive", v. t. Etym: [OF. descrivre. See Describe.]
Defn: To describe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISCROWNDis*crown", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned; p. pr. & vb. n.Discrowning.]
Defn: To deprive of a crown. The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.