discuret

t. [ME. discuren, descuren, contr. of descuveren, discoveren, discover: see discover.] To discover; reveal. "Ye shull wite it well," quod Merlin, "but, loke ye, dis cure it not to noon creature, as ye will haue my love." Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 46. I will, if please you it discure , a ay To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 42. discurrentt (dis-kur'ent), a. [ dis- priv. + current1 , a.] Not current. Sir E. Sandys. discursion (dis-kėr's hon), n. [OF. discursion , discursio (n-), a running different ways, a hasty pa ing through, ML. discoursing, discursus , run different ways, etc.: see discourse , n.] 11. A running or rambling about.-21. Rambling or desultory talk; expatiation. Because the word discourse is commonly taken for the coherence and consequence of words, I will, to avoid equivocation, call it discursion. Hobbes , Human Nature, iii. 3. The act of discoursing or reasoning. Cole ridge.