discourse
noun
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
have discoursed
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present perfectof discourse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In a long career, 50 years and counting, Mr. Stoppard, 81, has written plays, radio plays and screenplays that have discoursed on everything from Dadaism to analytic philosophy to particle physics to early Pink Floyd.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
This was the first book which I remembered to have seen, upon the continent, from the library of the famous Corvinus King of Hungary, about which certain pages have discoursed largely.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
I have fostered the arts and crafts like a merchant; I have discoursed, three times each day, the cult of the Gods with mine own lips.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
I have discoursed to thee very briefly on the subject, O sinless one.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Still there have been genuine folk-poets who have discoursed after their fashion of Italia libera.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
