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Webster 1913 Edition
Discredit
Dis-cred′it
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
discrédit
.] 1.
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved;
as, later accounts have brought the story into
. discredit
2.
Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; – applied to persons or things.
Syn. – Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
Dis-cred′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discredited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discrediting
.] [Cf. F.
discréditer
.] 1.
To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve;
as, the report is
. discredited
2.
To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of
discrediting
our common English Bible. Strype.
2.
To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
He. . . least
discredits
his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discredit
DISCREDIT
,Noun.
1.
Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or reproach; disesteem; applied to persons or things. Frauds in manufactures bring them into discredit.It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.
2.
Want of belief, trust or confidence; disbelief; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.DISCREDIT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disbelieve; to give no credit to; not to credit or believe; as, the report is discredited.2.
To deprive of credit or good reputation; to make less reputable or honorable; to bring into disesteem; to bring into some degree of disgrace, or into disrepute.He least discredits his travels, who returns the same man he went.
Our virtues will be often discredited with the appearance of evil.
3.
To deprive of credibility.