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Meaning and definition for "descant" word
[verb] talk at great length about something of one's interest
[verb] sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
[verb] sing in descant
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(a) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
(b) The upper voice in part music.
(c) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble. --Grove. Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. --Tyndale. She [the nightingale] all night long her amorous descant sung. --Milton. Note: The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French d['e]chant, of the 12th century. 2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments. Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! --De Quincey.
\Des*cant"\ (d[e^]s*k[a^]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. --Addison.
Synonyms for descant
discant, warble, yodel
See also: accompaniment | discourse | discuss | musical accompaniment | sing | sing | support | talk about |
Related terms: cantus, causerie, chant, criticize, deal with, ditty, do-re-mi, enlarge, inquire into, melodic line, operatic overture, pandect, part, prolegomenon, quaver, sketch, sol-fa, solmizate, sonatina, troll, tweedle, yodel
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Let's analyse "descant" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNACSED. Average typing speed for these characters is 1930 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
descant: 5 + 1 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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