Definition of discourse

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Discourse (v. i.) 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.

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Division :: Division (n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
Awakening :: Awakening (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn..
Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. i.) To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address..
Treatise :: Treatise (n.) Story; discourse.
Leptology :: Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.
Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..
Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..
Trialogue :: Trialogue (n.) A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
Preface :: Preface (v. t.) To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse..
Soliloquy :: Soliloquy (n.) The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
Prose :: Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse..
Discoursed :: Discoursed (imp. & p. p.) of Discours.
Prologue :: Prologue (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance.
Tale :: Tale (v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
Prelect :: Prelect (v. t.) To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse..
Lengthy :: Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like..
Ethical :: Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy..
Style :: Style (v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression..
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