Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DES-CANT'
DES-CANT', v.i.
- To run a division or variety with the voice, on a musical ground in true measure; to sing. – Bailey. Johnson.
- To discourse; to comment; to make a variety of remarks; to animadvert freely. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. Addison.
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