Chapter 445

Boyle.

Discompt <Xpage=421>

Dis*compt" (?) , v. t. [See Discount .] To discount. See Discount .

Hudibras.

Disconcert <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*cert" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disconcerted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting .] [Pref. dis- + concert : cf. OF. desconcerter , F. d\'82concerter .]

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.

Disconcert <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*cert" (?) , n. Want of concert; disagreement.

Sir W. Temple.

Disconcertion <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*cer"tion (?) , n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.]

State Trials (1794).

Disconducive <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*du"cive (?) , a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]

Disconformable <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*form"a*ble (?) , a. Not conformable.

Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603).

Disconformity <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*form"i*ty (?) , n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.

Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill.

Discongruity <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*gru"i*ty (?) , n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness.

Sir M. Hale.

Disconnect <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*nect" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disconnected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting .] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke.

This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. Walsh.

Disconnection <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*nec"tion (?) , n. 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.

Disconsecrate <Xpage=421>

Dis*con"se*crate (?) , v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]

Discosent <Xpage=421>

Dis`co*sent" (?) , v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.]

Milton.

Disconsolacy <Xpage=421>

Dis*con"so*la`cy (?) , n. The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Disconsolate <Xpage=421>

Dis*con"so*late (?) , n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Disconsolate <Xpage=421>

Dis*con"so*late (?) , a. [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.

Disconsolated <Xpage=421>

Dis*con"so*la`ted (?) , a. Disconsolate. [Obs.]

A poor, disconsolated , drooping creature. Sterne.

Disconsolation <Xpage=421>

Dis*con`so*la"tion (?) , n. Dejection; grief. [R.]

Bp. Hall.

Discontent <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent" (?) , a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

Discontent <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discontented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting .] To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Suckling.

Discontent <Xpage=421>

Dis`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.

Discontentation <Xpage=421>

Dis*con`ten*ta"tion (?) , n. Discontent. [Obs.]

Ascham.

Discontented <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent"ed (?) , p. p. & a. 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. 1 Sam. xxii. 2.

-- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly , adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness , n.

Discontentful <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent"ful (?) , a. Full of discontent. [R.]

Discontenting <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent"ing , a. 1. Discontented. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying.

Milton.

Discontentive <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent"ive (?) , a. Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive ."

Feltham.

Discontentment <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tent"ment (?) , n. The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.

Bacon.

Discontinuable <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble (?) , a. Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]

Discontinuance <Xpage=421>

Dis`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.

Discontinuation <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. discontinuation .] 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.

Discontinue <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin"ue (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discontinued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing .] [Cf. F. discontinuer .] 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.

Discontinue <Xpage=421>

Dis`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.

Discontinuee <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin`u*ee" (?) , n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

Discontinuer <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin"u*er (?) , n. 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.

Discontinuity <Xpage=421>

Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty (?) , n. Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. " Discontinuity of surface."

Boyle.

Discontinuor <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*tin"u*or (?) , n. (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance , 2.

Discontinuous <Xpage=421>

Dis`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.

Disconvenience <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*ven"ience (?) , n. Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Disconvenient <Xpage=421>

Dis`con*ven"ient (?) , a. Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.]

Bp. Reynolds.

Discophora <Xpage=421>

Dis*coph"o*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ disk + <?/ to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous (#) , a.

Discord <Xpage=421>

Dis"cord` (?) , n. [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.) 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 m<?/<?/<?/ing. Bacon.

Apple of discord . See under Apple .

Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

Discord <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord" (?) , v. i. [OE. discorden , descorden , from the French. See Discord , n. ] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]

The one discording with the other. Bacon.

Discordable <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. descordable .] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.]

Halliwell.

Discordance, Discordancy <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord"ance (?) , Dis*cord"an*cy (?) , n. [Cf. F. discordance .] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.

Discordant <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord"ant (?) , a. [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. [See Discord , n. , 2. ] (Mus.) 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.) 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.]

Discordful <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord"ful (?) , a. Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame."

Spenser.

Discordous <Xpage=421>

Dis*cord"ous (?) , a. Full of discord. [Obs.]

Discorporate <Xpage=421>

Dis*cor"po*rate (?) , a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.]

Jas. II.

Discorrespondent <Xpage=421>

Dis*cor`re*spond"ent (?) , a. Incongruous.

W. Montagu.

Discost <Xpage=421>

Dis*cost" (?) , v. i. Same as Discoast . [Obs.]

Discounsel <Xpage=421>

Dis*coun"sel (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel : cf. OF. desconseiller .] To dissuade. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Discount <Xpage=421>

Dis"count` (?; 277) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discounted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting .] [OF. desconter , descompter , to deduct, F. d\'82compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + conter , compter . See Count , 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.

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Discount <Xpage=422>

Dis"count` (?; 277) , v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days .

Discount <Xpage=422>

Dis"count` (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82compte . 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.

Discountable <Xpage=422>

Dis*count"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank .

Discountenance <Xpage=422>

Dis*coun"te*nance (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discountenanced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing (?) .] [Pref. dis- + countenance : cf. OF. descontenancer , F. d\'82contenancer .]

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.

Discountenance <Xpage=422>

Dis*coun"te*nance , n. 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.

Discountenancer <Xpage=422>

Dis*coun"te*nan*cer (?) , n. One who discountenances; one who disfavors.

Bacon.

Discounter <Xpage=422>

Dis"count`er (?) , n. One who discounts; a discount broker.

Burke.

Discourage <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"age (?; 48) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discouraged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging (?) .] [Pref. dis- + courage : cf. OF. descoragier , F. d\'82courager : 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.