discept

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/dɪˈsɛpt/

verb

To debate; to discuss.

OriginLatin disceptō →
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Meanings

verbdiscept (third-person singular simple present discepts, present participle discepting, simple past and past participle discepted)

present singular third person discepts · participle present discepting · participle past discepted · past discepted

  1. archaicTo debate; to discuss.

    I love it with my heart : unsatisfied , I try it with my reason , nor discept / From any point I probe and pronounce sound.

    1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC
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    MR.FLOSKY: Permit me to discept. They are the mediums of common forms combined and arranged into a common standard. The ideal beauty of the Helen of Zeuxis was the combined medium of the real beauty of the virgins of Crotona.

    1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 11, in Nightmare Abbey

Origin

  1. Latindisceptō
  2. Englishdiscept

Borrowed from Latin disceptō.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with discept

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APA

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MLA

“discept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discept. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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