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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
discourse
n 1: extended verbal expression in speech or writing
2: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a
church service) [syn: sermon, discourse, preaching]
3: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with
some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent
discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race
question is badly biased" [syn: discussion, treatment,
discourse]
v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author
talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The
class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: discourse, talk
about, discuss]
2: carry on a conversation [syn: converse, discourse]
3: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker
dissertated about the social politics in 18th century
England" [syn: hold forth, discourse, dissertate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Discourse \Dis*course"\, n. [L. discursus a running to and fro,
discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to
discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See
Course.]
1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it
were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a
conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning;
range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.]
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Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of
natural reason. --South.
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Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason
To fust in us unused. --Shak.
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2. Conversation; talk.
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In their discourses after supper. --Shak.
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Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the
mouth with copious discourse. --Locke.
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3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
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Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.]
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Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse
Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how
We got the victory. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Discourse \Dis*course"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]
1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and
inferring; to reason. [Obs.] "Have sense or can
discourse." --Dryden.
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2. 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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Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. --Shak.
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3. To relate something; to tell. --Shak.
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4. To treat of something in writing and formally.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Discourse \Dis*course"\, v. t.
1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.]
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The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently
and at large discoursed in the book. --Foxe.
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2. To utter or give forth; to speak.
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It will discourse most eloquent music. --Shak.
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3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.]
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I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to
discourse the minister about it. --Evelyn.
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Thesaurus Results for Discourse:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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