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Definition of Discerd

Dis*card" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.] 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.

They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them.
Swift.

3. To put or thrust away; to reject.

A man discards the follies of boyhood.
I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.

Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.

Dis*card", n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (transitive) to throw away, to reject
  • Anything discarded.
  • A discarded playing card in a card game.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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