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Definition of descant in English: descantnoun ˈdɛskantˈdɛskænt 1Music
An independent treble melody sung or played above a basic melody. Example sentencesExamples - The song is presented in three arrangements - in three parts with descant, in one part with a descant and in three parts without a descant and there is also a recording of the instrumental backing without singers.
- A soaring girl soprano descant adds another heavenly layer to the already rich texture.
- Jacques told me that everyone was in such awe when I sang it, no one would sing the descant while I was at college.
- In some hymnals a descant is provided for the refrain.
- During the descant finale, however, instinct won out.
- 1.1archaic, literary A melodious song.
I hear the wood thrush piping one mellow descant more Example sentencesExamples - Intoxicated with the idea, she ran through many a melodious descant, till, touching on the first strains of 'Thusa ha measg na reultan mor', she saw Wallace start from his contemplative position, and with a pale countenance leave the room.
2literary A discourse on a theme. his descant of deprivation Example sentencesExamples - It was an enjoyable evening but the danger of where we seem to be going kept reasserting itself like a descant to the pleasant sound of casual conversation.
- I had been going to mark the 1000th posting here with a descant on futility and failure, as is traditional on New Year's Eve.
- These wonderful letters are a descant to the two recent major biographies.
verb dɛˈskantdɪˈskantdɪˈskænt [no object]literary Talk tediously or at length. I have descanted on this subject before Example sentencesExamples - When he has begun to descant on a subject which interests his morbid feelings, he knows not when to pass to another.
- It is a pleasure to hear my refugee patients descant on that great historical achievement.
- At one point, prior to descanting on conservatism with a small ‘c’, she says sharply, ‘Don't interrupt me during this bit ’, but I didn't really mind - it gave me time to eat.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French deschant, from medieval Latin discantus 'part-song, refrain'. Definition of descant in US English: descantnounˈdɛskæntˈdeskant Music 1An independent treble melody usually sung or played above a basic melody. Example sentencesExamples - In some hymnals a descant is provided for the refrain.
- A soaring girl soprano descant adds another heavenly layer to the already rich texture.
- The song is presented in three arrangements - in three parts with descant, in one part with a descant and in three parts without a descant and there is also a recording of the instrumental backing without singers.
- Jacques told me that everyone was in such awe when I sang it, no one would sing the descant while I was at college.
- During the descant finale, however, instinct won out.
- 1.1literary, archaic A melodious song.
Example sentencesExamples - Intoxicated with the idea, she ran through many a melodious descant, till, touching on the first strains of 'Thusa ha measg na reultan mor', she saw Wallace start from his contemplative position, and with a pale countenance leave the room.
- 1.2 A discourse on a theme or subject.
his descant of deprivation Example sentencesExamples - It was an enjoyable evening but the danger of where we seem to be going kept reasserting itself like a descant to the pleasant sound of casual conversation.
- These wonderful letters are a descant to the two recent major biographies.
- I had been going to mark the 1000th posting here with a descant on futility and failure, as is traditional on New Year's Eve.
verbdɪˈskæntdiˈskant [no object]literary Talk tediously or at length. I have descanted on this subject before Example sentencesExamples - It is a pleasure to hear my refugee patients descant on that great historical achievement.
- When he has begun to descant on a subject which interests his morbid feelings, he knows not when to pass to another.
- At one point, prior to descanting on conservatism with a small ‘c’, she says sharply, ‘Don't interrupt me during this bit ’, but I didn't really mind - it gave me time to eat.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French deschant, from medieval Latin discantus ‘part-song, refrain’. |