| Discourse (discourse) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Dis*course" |
| [L.
discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr.
discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse;
dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See
Course.] |
The power of the mind to
reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to
another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power;
reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.
Conversation; talk.
The art and manner of speaking and
conversing.
Consecutive speech, either written or
unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise;
dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long
discourse on duty.
Dealing; transaction.
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| Discourse (discourse) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Dis*course" |
| [imp. &
p. p. Discoursed (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Discoursing.] |
To exercise
reason] to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
To express one's self in oral discourse;
to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to
hold forth; to speak; to converse.
To relate something; to tell.
To treat of something in writing and
formally.
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| Discourse (discourse) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Dis*course" |
|
To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.
To utter or give forth; to
speak.
To talk to; to confer with.
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