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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈdɛskænt/

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. A lengthy discourse on a subject
  2. (music) a counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme

Verbit

  1. (intransitive) To discuss at length.
  2. (intransitive) To sing or play a descant.

Esimerkit

  • Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant!
  • “… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektidescanted
Imperfektidescanted
Partisiipin preesensdescanting
Monikkodescants
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensdescants