Word: descants
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Winston ("Winnie") Churchill, assuredly the superlatively coruscating member of Mr. Baldwin's Ministry, rose to propose Mr. Kellogg's health, a seemingly inevitable preliminary which permits the speaker to descant upon other matters. Referring to the honored guest, Mr. Churchill said...
...Nation says in regard to Prof. Child's forthcoming "English and Scottish Popular Ballads": "Prof. Childs' qualifications for his infinitely laborious and scholarly task it would be superfluous to descant upon. His purpose, steadfastly adhered to for a quarter of a century, at last bears fruit which will do honor to American literature...