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▪ I. descanting, vbl. n.|dɪˈskæntɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. descant: a. singing in ‘descant’; b. commenting, disquisition.
1538Starkey England i. iv. 137 Our Curyouse dyscantyng and conteryng [printed canteryng] in Churchys. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 12 A wonderfull descantyng vpon letters. 1575Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1846) 206 The trollinge and descantinge off the Psalmes. 1680Burnet Rochester (T.), The descantings of fanciful men upon them [the Scriptures]. 1851Gladstone Glean. VI. xxi. 14, I waive descanting on personal qualities.
▪ II. deˈscanting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Commenting, criticizing: in quot. criticizing censoriously, carping.
1594J. Dickenson Arisbas (1878) 28 To shield me from the descanting verdites of such vnfriendly readers. |