Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: discerning – discount
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discerning, verbal adj. [see discern, v.] (webplay: eye, man, truth, what).
Glimpsing; perceiving; distinguishable.
disciple, n. [OE < L. discipul-us, learner, pupil.] (webplay: called).
Follower; supporter; partisan; adherent to the doctrines of another, especially of Jesus Christ; (see Matthew 5:1).
discipline, n. [Fr. < L. disciplīna, instruction of disciples, tuition; see disciple, n.] (webplay: another).
- Control; subordination.
- Punishment; correction.
- Teaching; training; education.
- Regulation; subjection to laws, rules, order, precepts.
disclose (-d, disclosing, -s), v. [ME < OFr desclore, unclose, open, free.] (webplay: close, events, known, lay, light, make, manner, open, reveal, sand, secret, show, sun, thoughts, utter, view).
- Reveal; display; make known; bring to light.
- Uncover; show; expose; open to view; (see Isaiah 26:21).
discloser, n. [see disclose, v.]
One who reveals or exposes.
disclosure, n. [see disclose, v.]
Revelation; exposure.
discomfit, n. [ME < late pop. L. disconficere, frame, accomplish, complete, finish, destroy, consume.]
Defeat; overthrow; alienation; estrangement; loss; dispersion.
discontent, n. [dis- + content; see content, adj.]
Longing; dissatisfaction; hunger; inquietude of mind; enduring sorrow.
discord, n. [ME.]
Disagreement; variance; opposition; contention; strife; dispute; emotional dissonance; absence of harmony.
discount, n. [Fr.] (webplay: price, terms).
Deduction; abatement, reduction, break.