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Subrector :: Subreader (n.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon..

Prefatory :: Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks..

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..

Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse..

Tidology :: Tidology (n.) A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.

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..

Sermon :: Sermon (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

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

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..

Preachify :: Preachify (v. i.) To discourse in the manner of a preacher.

Collocution :: Collocution (n.) A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual 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..

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

Excellent :: Excellent (a.) Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action..

Leptology :: Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

Speech :: Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

Concinnity :: Concinnity (n.) Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.

Slipslop :: Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing..

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