2. To utter or give forth; to speak.
It will discourse most eloquent music.
Shak. 3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.]
I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it.
Evelyn. Discourser
(Dis*cours"er) n.
1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.
In his conversation he was the most clear discourser.
Milward. 2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
Philologers and critical discoursers.
Sir T. Browne. Discoursive
(Dis*cours"ive) a. [See Discursive.]
1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.
2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.
The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.
Dryden. 3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]
Discoursive
(Dis*cours"ive), n. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.
Discourteous
(Dis*cour"te*ous) a. [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.] Uncivil; rude; wanting in
courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. — Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. — Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.
Discourtesy
(Dis*cour"te*sy) n. [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.] Rudeness of behavior
or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Herbert. Discourtship
(Dis*court"ship) n. Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Discous
(Disc"ous) a. [L. discus disk. See Disk.] Disklike; discoid.
Discovenant
(Dis*cov"e*nant) v. t. To dissolve covenant with.
Discover
(Dis*cov"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren,
discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See
Cover.]
1. To uncover. [Obs.]
Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.
Abp. Grindal.
