discount
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～ give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
discountenance
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～ look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
discountenance
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～ show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
discourage
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～ try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
discourage
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～ deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
discourage
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～ advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
discourse
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～ talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
discourse
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～ to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
discourse
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～ carry on a conversation
discover
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～ see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
discover
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～ make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
discover
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～ get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
discover
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～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
discover
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～ identify as in botany or biology, for example
discover
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～ discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
discover
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～ make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
discover
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～ make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
discredit
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～ cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
discredit
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～ reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit
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～ damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"