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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Descanting (0.00985 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Descanting.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: descant
descant
n : a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added
above a basic melody [syn:
discant]
descant
v 1: sing in descant
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling;
“The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains” [syn:
yodel,
warble]
3: talk at great length about something of one's interest
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Descanting
Descant
\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.
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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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