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Definition of Discredits
1. discredit [v] - See also: discredit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discredits
Literary usage of Discredits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"GEORGE CLINTON discredits JOHN STARK. Commends the Aggressive Policy of Colonel
Butler—The Confiscated Cattle Question Not Decided. Poughkeepsie Sept'r 8th ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"... Mr. Milnes, and Lord Palmerston vindicate Sir J. Brooke's Character—Mr.
Cobden supports the Motion —Mr. Gladstone discredits the personal Charges, ..."
3. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"... the first as (iuu) or (juu), but the fact that they are now felt not to be
genuine rhymes at once discredits the common theory that long и is now (jim). ..."
4. Has the North Pole Been Discovered?: An Analytical and Synthetical Review of by Thomas F. Hall (1917)
"... CHAPTER IV PEARY discredits HIS OWN STORY IF the length of marches and rates
of speed alleged to have been made during Peary's absence from the Bartlett ..."
5. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"... however, discredits (" because so great a doctor could not certainly have
presumed to pray for a Pagan"), but adds that it used to be publicly read in ..."
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