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Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To hold discourse; to parley.

Dolorous :: Dolorous (a.) Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses..

Expostulatory :: Expostulatory (a.) Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter..

Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Onology :: Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.

Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..

Talk :: Talk (n.) To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts..

Prelect :: Prelect (v. t.) To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse..

Compact :: Compact (p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse..

Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon..

Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) Prolixity; diffuse discourse.

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..

Sententious :: Sententious (a.) Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth..

Parlance :: Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance..

Prolegomenon :: Prolegomenon (n.) A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.

Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A discourse on flowers.

Discourser :: Discourser (n.) One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.

Sermoning :: Sermoning (n.) The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.

Subject :: Subject (a.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb..

Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..

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