† decardv.
Obsolete.
= discard v.
1. transitive. To throw away or reject (a card) from the hand; also absol.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics
to hold up?1499
decardc1555
to turn up1580
discard1591
pulla1625
to sit out1659
face1674
to make out1680
to lay out1687
to throw away1707
lead1739
weaken1742
carry1744
to take in1744
force1746
to show down1768
throw1866
blank1884
block1884
cover1885
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pitch1890
c1555 [see decarded adj. at Derivatives].
1608 Machin Dumb Knt. in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 187 Can you decard, madam?
2. gen. To reject, set aside, get rid of, dismiss.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject
awarpc1000
forwerpeOE
warpc1000
nillOE
warnc1300
reprovec1350
to put abacka1382
to throw awaya1382
repugnc1384
to put awaya1387
waivec1386
forshoota1400
disavowc1400
defyc1405
disprovec1430
repelc1443
flemea1450
to put backa1500
reject?1504
refutea1513
repulse1533
refel1548
repudiate1548
disallowa1555
project?1567
expel1575
discard1578
overrule1578
forsay1579
check1601
decard1605
dismiss1608
reprobate1609
devow1610
retorta1616
disclaimc1626
noforsootha1644
respuate1657
reluctate1668
negative1778
no-ball1862
basket1867
to set one's foot down1873
not to have any (of it, that, this)1895
to put down1944
eighty-six1959
neg1987
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii2v That..they bee from thenceforth omitted, decarded, and not continued. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh3v/2 You cannot sir: you have cast those by; decarded 'em.
Derivatives
deˈcarded adj.
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c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay C viij a Stealing the stocke of the decarded cardes.
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