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deschanter (c.1185)
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deschanter (c.1185)

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deschaunter;  dechanter  
  FEW:  cantare 2/i,222b Gdf:  deschanter 1 2,552c GdfC:  deschanter 9,320c TL: deschanter 2,1494 DEAF:  chanter (*)  DMF:  déchanter 1  TLF:  déchanter  OED:  descant v.  MED:  discanten v.  DMLBS:  discantare 676a

v.trans.

musicto sing: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  N’osa […] messe dire ne dechanter  S Modw 4684
♦musicto sing the descant to: 
( c.1185 )  li chevaler trebucha. Pus li dit par fiere raison: Pernez, amis, ceste chançon Si l’apernez a deschanter!  Proth ANTS 8179
( MS: c.1330 )  Amours m'ount si enchaunté Que jeo ay tut dys deschauntee Tut quantke jeo chauntoye, Qar touz jours deschauntoye  BIBB ROTH Poems 99

v.intrans.

mus_and_fig.to sing another part, act differently, contradict: 
( c.1185 )  Tels chante qui repot plorer; S’il chante, nus deschanterum  Proth ANTS 8167
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