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| des·cant
(děs'kānt') Pronunciation Key
n.
intr.v. (děs'kānt', dě-skānt') des·cant·ed, des·cant·ing, des·cants
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus, a refrain : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cantus, song, from past participle of canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.] des'cant'er n. |
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