discours

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A form of discourse — Verbal exchange, conversation.

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Meanings

noundiscours (plural discourses)

plural discourses

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of discourse.

    IOHN HVIGHEN VAN LINSCHOTEN. his Diſcours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies.

    [1598], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, translated by [William Phillip], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten. His Discours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies. […], London: […] [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe […], title page
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    A SHORT DISCOURS Of the excellent Doctour and Knight,maiſter Leonardo phioravanti bolognese vppon Chirurgerie.

    1580, Leonardo Phioravanti, translated by Iohn Hester, A Short Discours of the Excellent Doctour and Knight, Maister Leonardo Phioravanti Bolognese vppon Chirurgerie. […], London: […] Thomas East, title page

    Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours it ſelfe, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.

    1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 32
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