Discourse

dis-kors', n. Orig., power to run over, to compare and judge; oral exposition of a subject; talk; conversation; di ertation or treatise; sermon. — v. i. [-coursed (-korsf), -coursing.] To exercise reason; to talk or treat of in writing, in a formal manner, —v. t. To utter or give forth. — Discourager, n. — Discours^ive, -iv, a. Reasoning; containing dialogue or conversation. — Discursive, -ker's iv, -sory, -ser-Y, a. Discoursive: rambling; digre ive. — Discursively, adv. — Discur's ion, -shun, n. Expatiation; desultory talk: act of discoursing.