DESCANT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DESCANT, such as:
1. But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application.
2. He was willing to descant upon any topic of conversation, even when he knew very little about the subject under discussion.
2. He was willing to descant upon any topic of conversation, even when he knew very little about the subject under discussion.
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Meanings and Examples of DESCANT
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descant
v. discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
Classic Sentence:
1 Though rendered less connected by many and general interruptions and outbreakings, a translation of their language would have contained a regular descant, which, in substance, might have proved to possess a train of consecutive ideas.
2 But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application.
Example Sentence:
1 He was willing to descant upon any topic of conversation, even when he knew very little about the subject under discussion.