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Set :: Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle..

Treat :: Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties..

Discourse :: Discourse (n.) 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..

Preachify :: Preachify (v. i.) To discourse in the manner of a preacher.

Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..

Farewell :: Farewell (a.) Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow..

Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally..

Conversable :: Conversable (a.) Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Prelect :: Prelect (v. i.) To discourse publicly; to lecture.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..

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..

Polemic :: Polemic (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology..

Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon..

Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.

Prose :: Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..

Toxicology :: Toxicology (n.) The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science..

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..

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

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