Chapter 446

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.

Discourage <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"age , n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.

Discourageable <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"age*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Bp. Hall.

Discouragement <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"age*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. descouragement , F. d\'82couragement .]

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.

Discourager <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"a*ger (?) , n. One who discourages.

The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Discouraging <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"a*ging (?) , a. Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly , adv.

Discoure <Xpage=422>

Dis*coure" (?) , v. t. To discover. [Obs.]

That none might her discoure . Spenser.

Discourse <Xpage=422>

Dis*course" (?) , n. [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.

Discourse <Xpage=422>

Dis*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.

Discourse <Xpage=422>

Dis*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 mos<?/ eloquent music. Shak.

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.

Discourser <Xpage=422>

Dis*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.

Discoursive <Xpage=422>

Dis*cours"ive (?) , a. [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.]

Discoursive <Xpage=422>

Dis*cours"ive , n. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.]

Feltham.

Discourteous <Xpage=422>

Dis*cour"te*ous (?; see Courteous , 277) , a. [Pref. dis- + courteous : cf. OF. discortois .] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly , adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness , n.

Discourtesy <Xpage=422>

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

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy . Herbert.

Discourtship <Xpage=422>

Dis*court"ship (?) , n. Want of courtesy. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Discous <Xpage=422>

Disc"ous (?) , a. [L. discus disk. See Disk .] Disklike; discoid.

Discovenant <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"e*nant (?) , v. t. To dissolve covenant with.

Discover <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"er (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discovered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering .] [OE. discoveren , discuren , descuren , OF. descovrir , descouvrir , F. d\'82couvrir ; 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; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak.

Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. 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.

Discover <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"er , v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]

This done, they discover . Decke<?/.

Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.

Discoverability <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being discoverable. [R.]

Carlyle.

Discoverable <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"er*a*ble (?) , a. 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.

Discoverer <Xpage=422>

Dis*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.

Discoverment <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"er*ment , n. Discovery. [Obs.]

Discovert <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"ert (?) , a. [Cf. F. d\'82couvert uncovered, OF. descovert . See Discover , Covert .] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Discovert <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"ert , n. An uncovered place or part. [Obs.]

At discovert , uncovered. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Discoverture <Xpage=422>

Dis*cov"er*ture (?; 135) , n. [Pref. dis- + coverture : cf. OF. descoverture .]

1. Discovery. [Obs.]

2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Discovery <Xpage=422>

Dis*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.]

Discradle <Xpage=422>

Dis*cra"dle (?) , v. t. To take from a cradle. [R.]

This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.

Discredit <Xpage=422>

Dis*cred"it (?) , n. [Cf. F. discr\'82dit .]

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.

Discredit <Xpage=422>

Dis*cred"it , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discredited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting .] [Cf. F. discr\'82diter .]

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.

Discreditable <Xpage=422>

Dis*cred"it*a*ble (?) , a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly , adv.

Discreditor <Xpage=422>

Dis*cred"it*or (?) , n. One who discredits.

Discreet <Xpage=422>

Dis*creet" (?) , a. [ Compar. Discreeter (?) ; superl. Discreetest .] [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; 277, Discrepancy <Xpage=422>

Dis*crep"ance (?; 277) , Dis*crep"an*cy (?) , n. ; pl. -ances (#) , -ancies (#) . [L. disrepantia : cf. OF. discrepance . See Discrepant .] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot.

There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.

Discrepant <Xpage=422>

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

The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

Discrepant <Xpage=422>

Dis*crep"ant , n. A dissident.

J. Taylor.

Discrete <Xpage=422>

Dis*crete" (?) , a. [L. discretus , p. p. of discernere . See Discreet .]

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.) 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.

Discrete <Xpage=422>

Dis*crete" , v. t. To separate. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Discretely <Xpage=422>

Dis*crete"ly , adv. Separately; disjunctively.

Discretion <Xpage=422>

Dis*cre"tion (?) , n. [F. discr\'82tion , 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.

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Discretional, Discretionary <Xpage=423>

Dis*cre"tion*al (?) , Dis*cre"tion*a*ry (?) , [Cf. F. discr\'82tionnaire .] Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers .

Discretionally, Discretionarily <Xpage=423>

Dis*cre"tion*al*ly (?) , Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly (?) , adv. At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Discretive <Xpage=423>

Dis*cre"tive (?) , a. [L. discretivus . See Discrete .] 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.

Discretively <Xpage=423>

Dis*cre"tive*ly , adv. In a discretive manner.

Discriminable <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*na*ble (?) , a. Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Discriminal <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nal (?) , a. [L. discriminalis serving to divide.] In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

Discriminant <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nant (?) , n. [L. discriminans , p. pr. of discriminare .] (Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant .

Discriminate <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nate (?) , a. [L. discriminatus , p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere . See Discern , and cf. Criminate .] Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Bacon.

Discriminate <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discriminated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating (?) .] To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

Cowper.

To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.

Discriminate <Xpage=423>

Dis*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.

Discriminately <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nate*ly (?) , adv. In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

Discriminateness <Xpage=423>

Dis*crim"i*nate*ness , n. The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

Discriminating <Xpage=423>