Definition of discourse

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Discourse (v. i.) To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

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Parley :: Parley (n.) Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book..
Sermon :: Sermon (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer..
Crystallography :: Crystallography (n.) A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Converse :: Converse (n.) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Confer :: Confer (v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Epicede :: Epicede (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
Set :: Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle..
Mateology :: Mateology (n.) A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry..
Preface :: Preface (v. t.) To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse..
Impressive :: Impressive (a.) Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene..
Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.
Pursue :: Pursue (v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..
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..
Treatise :: Treatise (n.) Story; discourse.
Epiphonema :: Epiphonema (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse..
Text :: Text (n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary..
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