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discided

discided is the simple past and past participle of discide.

Meaning of discide

Verb

discide (third-person singular simple present discides, present participle disciding, simple past and past participle discided)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut apart; to cut into pieces.
    • And both the parts did speake, and both contended;
      And as her tongue so was her hart discided,
      That never thoght one thing, but doubly stil was guided1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Adjective

discided (comparative more discided, superlative most discided)

  1. (obsolete) Cut; severed.
    • Her lying tongue was in two parts divided, / And both the parts did speake, and both contended; / And as her tongue so was her hart discided, That never thought one thing, but doubly stil was guided.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of discided

comparativemore discided
superlativemost discided

Origin of discided

From discide + -ed.

Questions about discided

What does discided mean?
Discided means cut; severed.
What is discided the simple past and past participle of?
Discided is the simple past and past participle of discide.
What part of speech is discided?
Discided is an adjective.

Words near discided in the dictionary

  1. disci
  2. discicristate
  3. discicristates
  4. discid
  5. discide
  6. discided
  7. discides
  8. disciding
  9. discids
  10. disciferous
  11. discifloral

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