discept

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disceptō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛpt/
• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Verb

discept (third-person singular simple present discepts, present participle discepting, simple past and past participle discepted)

1. (archaic) To debate; to discuss.
   • 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 11, in Nightmare Abbey:

     MR.FLOSKY: Permit me to discept. They are the mediums of common forms combined and arranged into a common standard. The ideal beauty of the Helen of Zeuxis was the combined medium of the real beauty of the virgins of Crotona.

   • 1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC:

     I love it with my heart : unsatisfied , I try it with my reason , nor discept / From any point I probe and pronounce sound.

Related terms

• disceptation

References

• “discept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• depicts