Definition of discourse

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Discourse (n.) 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..

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Crystallography :: Crystallography (n.) A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
Dissertate :: Dissertate (v. i.) To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
Syllepsis :: Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract..
Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon..
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
Confer :: Confer (v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Synopses :: Synonymy (n.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
Treater :: Treater (n.) One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains..
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..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.
Soteriology :: Soteriology (n.) A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health..
Monologue :: Monologue (n.) A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Eulogistical :: Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse..
Conversable :: Conversable (a.) Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.
Discourse :: 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.
Preach :: Preach (v.) A religious discourse.
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..
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
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