† disˈcourt, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 7 b + court n. 6.]
trans. To dismiss or expel from court; to deprive of court favour; = decourt.
| 1585 Wotton Let. to Walsingham 1 June in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) IV. 99/2 Whether he might not be better discourted by way of justice. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xlv. 155 Jehu..commanded all his officers to offer sacrifice to the Idoll-Gods, pretending to dis-court all such as refused. 1676 W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 436 Middleton was like to be discourted. 1721–2 Wodrow Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. i. v. (1828) 384 The chancellor threatened to disgrace and discourt him. |