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Definition of descant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

descant

noun
 
/ˈdeskænt/
 
/ˈdeskænt/
(music)
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  1. a tune that is sung or played at the same time as, and usually higher than, the main tune
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French deschant, from medieval Latin discantus ‘part-song, refrain’.
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