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Noun(1) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised(2) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody(3) discourse
Verb(1) sing in descant(2) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling(3) talk at great length about something of one's interest(4) sing by changing register(5) sing by yodeling(6) remark

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(1) It was an enjoyable evening but the danger of where we seem to be going kept reasserting itself like a descant to the pleasant sound of casual conversation.(2) Jacques told me that everyone was in such awe when I sang it, no one would sing the descant while I was at college.(3) In some hymnals a descant is provided for the refrain.(4) his descant of deprivation(5) These wonderful letters are a descant to the two recent major biographies.(6) A soaring girl soprano descant adds another heavenly layer to the already rich texture.(7) Intoxicated with the idea, she ran through many a melodious descant , till, touching on the first strains of 'Thusa ha measg na reultan mor', she saw Wallace start from his contemplative position, and with a pale countenance leave the room.(8) During the descant finale, however, instinct won out.(9) I hear the wood thrush piping one mellow descant more(10) The song is presented in three arrangements - in three parts with descant, in one part with a descant and in three parts without a descant and there is also a recording of the instrumental backing without singers.(11) When he has begun to descant on a subject which interests his morbid feelings, he knows not when to pass to another.(12) I had been going to mark the 1000th posting here with a descant on futility and failure, as is traditional on New Year's Eve.(13) It is a pleasure to hear my refugee patients descant on that great historical achievement.(14) At one point, prior to descanting on conservatism with a small u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510cu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, she says sharply, u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Don't interrupt me during this bit u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, but I didn't really mind - it gave me time to eat.