Discept

//dɪˈsɛpt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To debate; to discuss. archaic

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disceptō.

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