The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
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To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
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The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
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Approval; approbation.
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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…
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The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…
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The cost of borrowing money or the return paid on savings.
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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…
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To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
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To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be…
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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
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To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
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To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
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Sleight.
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One who discounts; a discount broker.
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One who discounts; a discount broker.
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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…
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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…
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To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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Act or process of deducing or inferring.
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To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…
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To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
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To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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