Definition of discourse

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Discourse (n.) The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

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Purpose :: Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To utter or give forth; to speak.
Soliloquy :: Soliloquy (n.) The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
Discoursed :: Discoursed (imp. & p. p.) of Discours.
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed..
Colloquialism :: Colloquialism (n.) A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing..
Discourse :: Discourse (v. i.) To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
Searching :: Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
Parlance :: Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance..
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..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Conversable :: Conversable (a.) Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.
Application :: Application (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the moral of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry..
Grammar :: Grammar (v. i.) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
Discourser :: Discourser (n.) One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker..
Heat :: Heat (n.) Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency..
Preface :: Preface (v. t.) To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..
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