descant on

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   sing a descant on a main tune or melody

   Broadersing

Questions about descant on

What does descant on mean?

descant on means "sing a descant on a main tune or melody".

Is descant on a common word?

descant on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.