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91comment — n 1. annotation, note, footnote, scholium, gloss, marginalia, Latin. adversaria; explanation, exegesis, expansion, exposition, elucidation, clarification, illumination, illustration, commentary; supplement, appendix, addendum, codicil, glossary,… …
92lecture — n 1. speech, talk, address, discourse, prelection, sermon, homily; commentary, comment, descant, exposition, expose, elucidation, explanation, exegesis, explication; dissertation, treatise, tract, tractate, thesis, essay, paper; oration,… …
93discourse — [n] dialogue; dissertation address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest*, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking,… …
94speak — [v1] talk allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab*, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab*, gas*, go*, jaw*, lip*, make known, make public,… …
95chant — [14] The Latin verb for ‘sing’ was canere (possibly related to English hen). A form derived from it to denote repeated action was cantāre ‘keep on singing’, a rich source of English words. From its French descendant chanter we have chant and the… …
96descantist — pronunc at descant I+ə̇st noun ( s) : one proficient in descant …
97discantus — də̇ˈskantəs noun (plural discantus) Etymology: Medieval Latin more at descant : descant …
98prick song — noun Etymology: Middle English prikked song, from prikked pricked (i.e., dotted or written) + song more at pricked 1. obsolete : music that is written down 2. a …
99dis|cant — «v. dihs KANT; n. DIHS kant», intransitive verb, noun. = descant. (Cf. ↑descant) …
100A Chamaepitys — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …
