Descant vs. Descent
Descantnoun
A lengthy discourse on a subject.
Descantnoun
(music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
Descantverb
(intransitive) To discuss at length.
Descantverb
To sing or play a descant.
Descantnoun
Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
Descantnoun
A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
Descantverb
To sing a variation or accomplishment.
Descantverb
To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
Descantnoun
a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Descantverb
sing in descant
Descantverb
sing by changing register; sing by yodeling;
Descantverb
talk at great length about something of one's interest
Descant
A descant, discant (discant), or discantus is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. The Harvard Dictionary of Music states: Anglicized form of L. discantus and a variant of discant.
Descentnoun
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
Descentnoun
A way down.
Descentnoun
A sloping passage or incline.
Descentnoun
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
Descentnoun
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. en
Descentnoun
A falling upon or invasion.
Descentnoun
(topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
Descentnoun
The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Descentnoun
Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
Descentnoun
Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Descentnoun
Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
Descentnoun
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
Descentnoun
Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
Descentnoun
That which is descended; descendants; issue.
Descentnoun
A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Descentnoun
Lowest place; extreme downward place.
Descentnoun
a movement downward
Descentnoun
properties attributable to your ancestry;
Descentnoun
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Descentnoun
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Descentnoun
a downward slope or bend
Descentnoun
the descendants of one individual;
Descentnoun
an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling
Descentnoun
a downward slope
Descentnoun
a moral, social, or psychological decline
Descentnoun
the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality
Descentnoun
the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance.
Descentnoun
a sudden violent attack
Descentnoun
an unexpected visit
