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o discuss. [R.] One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, -- has distinguished. R. Browning.

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.

To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). Sir W. Hamilton.

f; 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.

The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.

To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne.

To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

ct disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife. Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.

courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.

Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.

onconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke. Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley.

ll rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.

out; to stretch. [R.] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton.

Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

at which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.