descant (A discourse or comment on a theme)

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• descant — I. noun also discant Etymology: Middle English dyscant, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus, from Latin dis + cantus song more at chant Date: 14th century 1. a. a melody or counterpoint sung… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• discourse — n Discourse, treatise, disquisition, dissertation, thesis, monograph designate in common a systematic, serious, and often learned consideration of a subject or topic. Discourse, the widest of these terms, may refer to something written or spoken… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Descant — Des cant (d[e^]s k[a^]nt), n. [OF. descant, deschant, F. d[ e]chant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Descant}, v. i., {Discant}.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, a double song; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• descant — descanter, n. n., adj. /des kant/; v. /des kant , dis /, n. 1. Music. a. a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it. b. (in part music) the soprano. c. a song or melody. 2. a variation upon anything; …   Universalium

• discourse — Synonyms and related words: accents, act, address, air, amplify, analyze, argue, article, assignment, bandy words, canvass, causerie, chalk talk, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin, colloque, colloquial discourse, colloquize, colloquy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• descant — Synonyms and related words: Nachtmusik, Vorspiel, absolute music, accompaniment, adaptation, air, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alto, amplify, anthem, aria, arrangement, article, ballad, baritone, bass, basso continuo, basso ostinato,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• study — Synonyms and related words: Nachtmusik, Pap test, Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absolute music, absorbed attention, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, academic discipline, academic specialty, adaptation, advisement, aim, air, air varie,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• note — Synonyms and related words: CD, Federal Reserve note, French pitch, IOU, MO, Parthian shot, accent, acceptance, acceptance bill, accidental, acknowledgment, address, adversaria, advertence, advertency, affidavit, affirmation, affix, aide memoire …   Moby Thesaurus

• survey — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, analysis, appraisal, appraise, appraisement, appreciate, approximation, article, assay, assemblage, assembly, assess, assessment, assize, assizement, audit,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• commentary — n 1. annotation, notes, footnotes, scholia, gloss, marginalia; comments, remarks, Latin. adversaria. 2. essay, thesis, dissertation, exposition, expose, study, tract, tractate, monograph, pamphlet, theme, composition, paper; discussion, discourse …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder