Meaning of DESCANT in English

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Meaning of DESCANT in English

• 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.
• The upper voice in part music.
• The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
• A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
• To sing a variation or accomplishment.
• To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

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