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discourse
     1. n. (archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
     2. n. Expression in words, either speech or writing.
     3. n. A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
           The preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
     4. n. Any rational expression, reason.
     5. n. (social sciences) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
     6. n. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
     7. v. (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
     8. v. (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
     9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To debate.
     10. v. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).



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