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Discure :: Discure (v. t.) To discover; to reveal; to discoure.

Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..

Paleology :: Paleology (n.) The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archaeology ..

Thou :: Thou (v. i.) To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.

Leptology :: Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

Disrespect :: Disrespect (n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) To discourage; to deject.

Prefatory :: Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks..

Article :: Article (n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement..

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark..

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A discourse on flowers.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.

Epiphonema :: Epiphonema (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse..

Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin..

Scourer :: Scourer (n.) One who, or that which, scours..

Punctuation :: Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning..

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