discind
verbEtymology From Latin discindo, from dis- + scindo (“to cut, split”).
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Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of descend.
discind
verb/dɪˈsɪnd/
Etymology From Latin discindo, from dis- + scindo (“to cut, split”).
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Obsolete To divide or split (something).
- [W]e found […] ſeveral ſuch Concretions as to bigneſs and ſhape, but ſo ſoft, that vve could eaſily cruſh and diſcind them betvvixt our fingers.1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1669, →OCLC, page 87: