Discourse

dis-kōrs′, n. speech or language generally: conversation: the reasoning faculty: a treatise: a sermon.— v.i. to talk or converse: to reason: to treat formally.— v.t. to utter or give forth.— n. Discours′er ( Shak. ).— adj. Discours′ive . [Fr. discours —L. discursus — dis , away, currĕre , to run.]