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Show D1 D The apoftle with great zeal difcourages too unreafonable a prefumption Rogers 2. "T'o deter; to fright from any attempt with frem before the thing Wherefore difcourag ye th heart of the chil dren of Ifrael from going over into the land Numbers 3. It is irregularly ufed by Temple wit 2o before the following word You may keep your beauty and your health unlefs you deftroy them yourfelfy or difcourag them ro ftay with you, by ufing them ill. Temple Discou'RAGER. 7 /. [from difcourage. One that imprefles diffidence and terrour Moft men in years, as the are generally dif couragers of youth, are like old trees, which, be ing paft bearing themfelves, will fuffer no youn plants to flourifh beneath them Pope Discov'racemenT rage #. /0 [ from difeou 1. The a& of deterring, or deprefling hope 2. Determen ; tha which .deter fro any thing : with from Amongft other impediments of any inventions it is none of the meaneft difcouragements, that the are {o generally derided by common opinion Wilkins The books read at {chools and.colleges are ful of incitements to virtue, and difcouragements fro vice Swift 3. The caufe of depreflion, or fear: wit 20, lefs properly 7o things we would have them learn, the grea and only difcouragement is, that they are called t them Locke DISCOU'RSE. #. /. [difeours, French; di/curfus, Latin 1. The a of the underftanding, by whic it paffes from premifes to confequences By reafon of that original weaknef ftruments without whic in the in the underftanding par is not able in this world by difconr/fe to work, th very conceit of painfulnefs is a bridle to ftay us Hooker Sure-he that made us with fuch large difcourfe Looking before and after, gave us no That capability and godlike reafo To ruft in us unus'd Shake[peare The aét of the mind which connes propofitions and deduceth conclufions fro them th fchools call dz'fcawé/‘e; and we fhall net mifcall it if we name it reafon Glanwille He waxeth wifer than himfelf, more by an hour' Bacon In thy difcourfe, if thoun defire to pleafe All fuch is courteous, ufeful, new, or witty Ufefulnefs comes by labour, wit by eafe Courtefy grows in court, news in the city. Herbert The yanquifh'd party with the victors join'd Nor wanted fweet difcourfe, the banquet of the mind 3. Lffufion of language ; {peech Dryden Topical and fuperficial arguments, of whic there is ftore to be found on both fides, filling th head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth wit copious difcourfe, ferve only to amufe the under {tanding and entertain company Locke 4. A treatife; a differtation either writte or uttered The difeourfe here is about ideas, which, he fays are rcal things, and feen in God Plutarch, in his difcourfe upon garrulity mend Locke com the fidelity of the companions of Ulyfes Pope's Ody[fiy Zo Discou'rsE. @.n. [from the nou{{. 1. To converfe ; to talk; to relate How wert thou handled, being prifoner Of various things difcourfing as he pafs'd Anchifes hither bends Dryden. 2. T'o treat upon in'a folemn or fet manner The general maxims we are difcourfing of are no known to children, ideots, and a great part mankind . Locke 3. To reafon; to pafs from premifes t confequences And yet the pow'rs of her difcourfing thoughts From the colle€tion is a diverfe thing Dawies Brutes do want that quick difcour/fing power Dawics 7o Discou'rsE. w. a [from the noun. To treat of ; to talk over ; to difcufs Go with us into the abbey here And let us there at large difcourfe all our fortunes Shakefpeare Discou'rser. 7. /i [from dijcourfe. 1. A fpeaker ; an haranguer Difcourfe, I pr'ythee, on this turret's top, Shakefp He had framed to himfel¢ many 4 . mife of life, which I have dif"édz?%f,f:,gm now is he refolved to die 2, Todifgrace to thame ; t nourable. to bring tep Shatefyeay Proach ypo ma make lefs eputable or b You had left unfeen g wond rfu p which not to have bee b e wil:ha?ll,ecv:o‘;fl'dw l‘:rk dzfcredz'ted you Sbafigf ;-Ile 1;: c;};m;ndgd tha makes 5 faving VOP 7 an leaf difcredit his travel man he went e He, like a privileg'd fpy, whom fothin th75' &0" Difcredit, libels now'gaingt each grea mar'xg Do4y Refle€t how glorious it would be to; their influence, and our virtues will be o dited with the appearance of evil ten]{;{: 2. A writer-on any {ubjeét; .a differtator Philologers and.critical difconsfers, who look beyond the obvious exteriors of things, will .not b angry at our narrower explorations Browwmn. But it feems to me, that fuch difcourfers do reafon upon fhort views, and a very moderate compaf of thought Saift. ‘Discou'rs1ve. adj. [from difcourfe. 1. Pafling by intermediate fteps from pre- mifes to confequences The .fou Reafon receives, and reafon is her being Difcourfive, or intuitive ; difcourf Is ofteft yours, the latter is moft ours Milton 2. Containing dialogue ; interlocutory The epic is every where interlaced with dialogue or difcourfive fcenes Dryden on Dramatic Pocefy Discou'rTEOUS. adj. [dis and courteous. Uncivil ; uncomplaifant ; defeftiv good manners i He refolved to unhorfe the firft difconrteous knigh he fhould meet Motteux's Don Quixotte Discou'rTEsY. 7, /. [dis and courtefy. Incivility ; rudenefs ; act of difrefpeét As if chearfulnef ha bee tedioufnefs an good entertainment had been turned to difcourtefy he would ever get himfelf alone Sidney Be calm in arguing; for fiercenefs make Error a faulf, and truth difconrtefy Herbert. He made me vifits, maundering asif I had don him a difcourtefy Di1"scouvus. adj. [from difcus, Lat. flat ; wide Ufed by botanift countenance of difcredited duty, ang by exf,f, T‘ piety revive the declining fpirit of religion Rl; Without care our beft ations will lofs muc{m The tract of every thin 1 3. To diftruft ; not to credit Would by a good difcourfer lofe fome life ce ta n Which aétion's felf was tongue to Shakefpeare of Discouv'rTEOUSLY. @dv. [fro teous.] Wncivilly; rudely . Converfation ; mutual" intercourf langnage ; talk difcourfe, than by a day's meditation Di Wifeman not to hol DISCRE'ET. adj. [diferet, French. 1. Prudent; circumiped ; cautious; fy ber ; not rafh not precipitant; no carelefs ; not hardily adventuroys _Honeft, difcreet, quist, and godly learned me will not be withdrawn by you Wbilgifi: Lefs fearful than difcrect You love the fundamental part of Rate More than you doubt the charge of 't quke}jfi To elder years to bedjfcrect and grave Then to old age maturity fhe gave Debay It is ‘the difcreet man, not the witty, nor th learned, nor the brave, who guides the conyerfy tion, and gives meafures to fociety. Addifon's Speat 2. Modeft thorifed not forward Not well ay Thomfon Discree‘rLy. adv. [from difereet.] Pru dently ; cautioufly; circumfpeély Pocts lofe half the praife they fhould have got Coulditbe known what they difereetly blot. Waller The labour of obedience, loyalty, and fubjetion is no more but for a man honeftly and diferestly t Soutb Profit {prings from hufks difcrectly us'ds Philips The dulleft brain, if gently ftitr'd Perhaps may waken to a humming bir The moft reclufe, difcreetly open'd, fin Congenial obje¢t in the cockle kind. Pope's Du Discreg'TNEss. z. [ [from difereet. 4ifcourThe quality of being difcreet; difcretion Broad La[d / # fe ep nt a D ' C E A C to ded co D ti f . tr e ri e c ty part o note the middle, plain, and fla fome flowers, fuch as the flos folis, £5¢ Quincy DISCRE'DIT. n. /. [décrediter, French. agreement Diverfity of education, and Jy}repfwfy of thof principles wherewith men are at firft imbued, an wherein all our after reafonings are foundeds Lord Digby to K. Dighy Ignominy ; reproach ; lower degree o infamy ; difgrace ; imputation ofa fault. Dr'scREPANT. adj. [diferepans, Latin Had 1 been the finder-out of this fecret, it woul Different ; difagreeing ; contrary not have relithed among my other difcredits. Shak Idlers will ever live like rogues, and not fall t work, but be lazy, and then certify over thei country to the difcredit of a plantation Bacon That they may quit their morals without an diferedit to their intelleGtuals, they fly to fevera ftale, trite, pitiful objetions and cavils South *Tis the duty of every chriftian to be concerne for the reputation or difcredit his life may bring o his profeffion Rogers Alas, the fmall diferedit of a brib Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the fcribe Pope To D1scRE'TE @.a [diferetus, Latin To feparate; to difcontinue As for its diaphaneity, it enjoycth that m par non fah afn th ea it in ha a tl ne em or tm lef bo it th ed ol re fo exa&tl i ronw on at mi te a mi at b and not diferete Discre'Te. adj g Lib tmll fefu a Dice e A e o 22 Alas | not favour'd lefs, be ftill as no fit fill fence i Dear youth, by fortune favour'd, but by loye, Difcreet sior fortu [diferetus, Latin -r us wu 'n .c no ne jo di & ti 1. Di ? ui n_ md en fe di o ty Diferete quant meafured by number, without any breaking y ui ti co ha tha ng th i is puity; th o t m a t t continued qua 's gn 7 ;{;ei:m 7o Discre'prt. @.a. [décrediter, Fr. 1. To deprive of credibility ; to make not 2. trufted - a0t wty bonour 3 Di/m T e Dis L[ fuc ppfi T fir |