Defn: Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of
disrespect; incivility.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth
discourtesy. Herbert.
DISCOURTSHIP
Dis*court"ship, n.
Defn: Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCOUS
Disc"ous, a. Etym: [L. discus disk. See Disk.]
Defn: Disklike; discoid.
DISCOVENANT
Dis*cov"e*nant, v. t.
Defn: To dissolve covenant with.
DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] Etym: [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.
2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to
make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this
noble prince. Shak.
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover
virtue. Bacon.
We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8.
Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.