discourse
noun
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
had discoursed
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past perfectof discourse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Several who had no recollection of having given any opinion on the teeth of the reptiles in question received their share of umbrella blows the same as those who had discoursed upon the subject.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
She could not at all reconcile it with her memory of the rather silly little boy with the patched trousers, with whom she had discoursed over the garden fence.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett
The gentlemen thought wery strange to find him so deiply fooll when they reflected whow pertinently he had discoursed to them before and not discovered the least foly.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
And when Joseph was brought unto the king, and he had discoursed with him, he said, Thou art this day firmly established with us, and shalt be intrusted with our affairs.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
‘Well,’ said the tinker, after we had discoursed some time, ‘I little thought, when I first saw you, that you were of my own trade.’
From Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Henry Borrow
