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Webster 1913 Edition


Discoursive

Dis-cours′ive

,
Adj.
[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.]

Dis-cours′ive

,
Noun.
The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.
[R.]
Feltham.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discoursive

DISCOURSIVE

,
Adj.
1.
Reasoning; passing from premises to consequences.
2.
Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.
The epic is interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.

Definition 2024


discoursive

discoursive

English

Adjective

discoursive (comparative more discoursive, superlative most discoursive)

  1. of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning
    • Dryden
      The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.
  2. discursive

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