- (v.t.) To separate.
- (a.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
- (a.) Separate; distinct; disjunct.
- (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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