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descanted

descanted is the simple past and past participle of descant.

Meaning of descant

Verb

descant (third-person singular simple present descants, present participle descanting, simple past and past participle descanted)

  1. (intransitive) To discuss at length.
    • […] Samballat gaue his daughter Nicaſo to Manaſſes, the brother of Iaddus the High Prieſt, in the time of Darius the laſt Perſian Monarch. This Nehemia mentioneth, but deigneth not to name him, affirming that he chaſed him from him, of vvhich ſome deſcant vvhether it vvere by exile, or...1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Samaritans.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this...
  2. (intransitive) To sing or play a descant.

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Questions about descanted

What is descanted the simple past and past participle of?
Descanted is the simple past and past participle of descant.

Words near descanted in the dictionary

  1. descanso
  2. descansos
  3. descant
  4. descant recorder
  5. descant recorders
  6. descanted
  7. descanter
  8. descanters
  9. descanting
  10. descantist
  11. descantists

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