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Briefness :: Briefness (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

Address :: Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters..

Synoptic :: Synopsis (n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus..

Rabble :: Rabble (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter..

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..

Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..

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 & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or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

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..

Preach :: Preach (v.) A religious discourse.

Epilogue :: Epilogue (n.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion..

Paleology :: Paleology (n.) The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archaeology ..

Common :: Common (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

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

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..

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..

Exordial :: Exordial (a.) Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.

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..

Anatomy :: Anatomy (n.) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse..

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..

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..

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