DISCOURSE (2)

discourse (2). Discourse, v.i. to talk, reason, preach, treat upon

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Dis‐course″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.] 1. 1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. “Have sense or can discourse.” Dryden.
2. 2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.
Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak. 3. 3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.
4. 4. To treat of something in writing and formally.