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discepting

discepting is the present participle and gerund of discept.

Meaning of discept

Verb

discept (third-person singular simple present discepts, present participle discepting, simple past and past participle discepted)

  1. (archaic) To debate; to discuss.
    • MR.FLOSKY: Permit me to discept. They are the mediums of common forms combined and arranged into a common standard. The ideal beauty of the Helen of Zeuxis was the combined medium of the real beauty of the virgins of Crotona.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 11, in Nightmare Abbey

Questions about discepting

What is discepting the present participle and gerund of?
Discepting is the present participle and gerund of discept.

Words near discepting in the dictionary

  1. disceptations
  2. disceptatious
  3. disceptator
  4. disceptators
  5. discepted
  6. discepting
  7. discepts
  8. discer
  9. discern
  10. discern'd
  11. discernability

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