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DISCARD, v.t.
To
throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards] to lay aside (a card
or cards).
To cast off as useless or as no longer of
service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to
discharge; to turn away.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift. To put or thrust away; to
reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor. Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. To make a discard.
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards
discarded.
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