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Resume :: Resume (v. t.) To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb..

Prelector :: Prelector (n.) A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.

Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To utter or give forth; to speak.

Amphiboly :: Amphiboly (n.) Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.

Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..

Historiology :: Historiology (n.) A discourse on history.

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest..

Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..

Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin..

Hang :: Hang (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse..

Slipslop :: Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing..

Digression :: Digression (n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject..

Diction :: Diction (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems..

Imagery :: Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Plausible :: Plausible (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker..

Conversation :: Conversation (n.) Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

End :: End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part..

Dialogize :: Dialogize (v. t.) To discourse in dialogue.

Prolegomenon :: Prolegomenon (n.) A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.

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