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Des"cant (dĕs"kănt), n. [OF. descant, deschant, F. déchant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, and cf. Descant, v. i., Discant.] 1. (Mus.) (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.
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Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. Tyndale.
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She [the nightingale] all night long her amorous descant sung. Milton.
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&hand_; The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French déchant, of the 12th century.
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2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
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Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! De Quincey.
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Des*cant" (dĕs*kănt"), 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.
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2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
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A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. Addison.
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