Usually means: Singing a melodious counterpoint above.
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  1. descanting: Merriam-Webster
  2. descanting: Vocabulary.com
  3. descanting: Wordnik
  4. descanting: Wiktionary
  5. Descanting, descanting: Dictionary.com
  6. Descanting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Descanting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. descanting: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. descanting: FreeDictionary.org
  10. descanting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. descanting: Legal dictionary

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  1. descanting: Encyclopedia

(Note: See descant as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (descant)

noun:  A lengthy discourse on a subject.
noun:  (music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
verb:  (intransitive) To discuss at length.
verb:  (intransitive, music) To sing or play a descant.
▸ Also see descant


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