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. [-coursed (-korst'), -coursing.] To exercise reason: to talk or treat of in writing, in a formal manner. — v. To utter or give forth. [OF. discours, L. discursus, a running about, conversation, f dis, apart, and currere, to run.] — Discours'er, n. — Discoursfve, -iv, a. Reasoning containing dialogue or conversation.— Discur's ive, -ker's iv, -sory, -ser-Y, a. Discoursive-, rambling: digre ive. — Discursively. adi\ — Discur's ion, -shun, n. Expatiation; desultory talk: act of discoursing. Discourteous, dis-kert'yus or -kerfe-us, a. Uncivil; rude.— Disc our'teously, adv. — Discourfesy, -te-sl, n. Rudene of behavior or language. Discous. See under Disk.