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DISCOURSE, n. Discors. [L., to run.]

1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclusions from them. [This sense is now obsolete.]

2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assemblies. Discourse to an individual or to a small company is called conversation or talk; mutual interchange or thoughts; mutual intercourse of language. It is applied to the familiar communication of thoughts by an individual, or to the mutual communication of two or more. We say, I was pleased with his discourse, and he heard our discourse.

The vanquished party with the victors joined, nor wanted sweet discourse, the banquet of the mind.

3. Effusion of language; speech.

4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation; as the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity; of Cicero on old age.

5. A sermon, uttered or written. We say, an extemporaneous discourse, or a written discourse.

DISCOURSE, v.i.

1. To talk; to converse; to but it expresses rather more formality than talk. He discoursed with us an hour on the events of the war. We discoursed together on our mutual concerns.

2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner; as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effects of faith.

3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences.

DISCOURSE, v.t. To treat of; to talk over; to discuss. [Not used.]

Let use discourse our fortunes.


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DISCOURSE, n. Discors. [L., to run.]

1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclusions from them. [This sense is now obsolete.]

2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assemblies. Discourse to an individual or to a small company is called conversation or talk; mutual interchange or thoughts; mutual intercourse of language. It is applied to the familiar communication of thoughts by an individual, or to the mutual communication of two or more. We say, I was pleased with his discourse, and he heard our discourse.

The vanquished party with the victors joined, nor wanted sweet discourse, the banquet of the mind.

3. Effusion of language; speech.

4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation; as the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity; of Cicero on old age.

5. A sermon, uttered or written. We say, an extemporaneous discourse, or a written discourse.

DISCOURSE, v.i.

1. To talk; to converse; to but it expresses rather more formality than talk. He discoursed with us an hour on the events of the war. We discoursed together on our mutual concerns.

2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner; as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effects of faith.

3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences.

DISCOURSE, v.t. To treat of; to talk over; to discuss. [Not used.]

Let use discourse our fortunes.

DIS-COURSE', n. [discors; Fr. discours; L. discursus, from discurro, to ramble; dis and curro, to run; It. discorso.]

  1. The act of the understanding, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclusions from them. – Johnson. Glanville. [This sense is now obsolete.]
  2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech: hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assembles. Discourse to an individual or to a small company is called conversation or talk; mutual interchange of thoughts; mutual intercourse of language. It is applied to the familiar communication of thoughts by an individual, or to the mutual communication of two or more. We say, I was pleased with his discourse, and he heard our discourse. The vanquished party with the victors joined, / Not wanted sweet discourse, the banquet of the mind. – Dryden.
  3. Effusion of language; speech. – Locke.
  4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation; as, the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity; of Cicero on old age.
  5. A sermon, uttered or written. We say, an extemporaneous discourse, or a written discourse.

DIS-COURSE', v.i.

  1. To talk; to converse; but it expresses rather more formality than talk. He discoursed with us an hour on the events of the war. We discoursed together on our mutual concerns.
  2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner; as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effect of faith.
  3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences. – Davies.

DIS-COURSE', v.t.

To treat of; to talk over; to discuss. [Not used.] Let us discourse our fortunes. – Shak.


Dis*course"
  1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.

    [Obs.]

    Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South.

    Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
    Looking before and after, gave us not
    That capability and godlike reason
    To fust in us unused.     Shak.

  2. To exercise reason] to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

    [Obs.] "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden.
  3. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.

    [Obs.]

    The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.

  4. Conversation; talk.

    In their discourses after supper. Shak.

    Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.

  5. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

    Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.

  6. To utter or give forth; to speak.

    It will discourse most eloquent music. Shak.

  7. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

    Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

  8. To relate something; to tell.

    Shak.
  9. To talk to; to confer with.

    [Obs.]

    I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.

  10. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
  11. To treat of something in writing and formally.
  12. Dealing; transaction.

    [Obs.]

    Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse
    Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how
    We got the victory.     Beau. *** Fl.

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Discourse

DISCOURSE, noun Discors. [Latin , to run.]

1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclusions from them. [This sense is now obsolete.]

2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assemblies. discourse to an individual or to a small company is called conversation or talk; mutual interchange or thoughts; mutual intercourse of language. It is applied to the familiar communication of thoughts by an individual, or to the mutual communication of two or more. We say, I was pleased with his discourse and he heard our discourse

The vanquished party with the victors joined, nor wanted sweet discourse the banquet of the mind.

3. Effusion of language; speech.

4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation; as the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity; of Cicero on old age.

5. A sermon, uttered or written. We say, an extemporaneous discourse or a written discourse

DISCOURSE, verb intransitive

1. To talk; to converse; to but it expresses rather more formality than talk. He discoursed with us an hour on the events of the war. We discoursed together on our mutual concerns.

2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner; as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effects of faith.

3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences.

DISCOURSE, verb transitive To treat of; to talk over; to discuss. [Not used.]

Let use discourse our fortunes.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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OBEY, v.t. [L. obedio; Gr.]

1. To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear doing that which is prohibited.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. 6.

Servants, obey in all things your masters. Col. 3.

He who has learned to obey, will know how to command.

2. To submit to the government of; to be ruled by.

All Israel obeyed Solomon. 1Chron. 29. Dan. 7.

3. To submit to the direction or control of. Seamen say, the ship will not obey the helm.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. 6. James 3.

4. To yield to the impulse, power or operation of; as, to obey stimulus.

Relentless time, destroying power, whom stone and brass obey.

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