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Definition of Discoursed
1. discourse [v] - See also: discourse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discoursed
Literary usage of Discoursed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... discoursed of these emblematical persons in former papers, (See No. 273) and
shall therefore only mention them in this place. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"... we discoursed of several matters, par- had given up Berkeley House, they for
a time ticularly of the Princess of Denmark, ..."
3. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"Ыо spent the evening at the French hotel, where he discoursed much with the French
and Russian ambassadors. The grand pensionary, although invited ..."
4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"A DESCENT FROM FRANCE : OR, The French Invasion of England, considered and discoursed.
... discoursed ..."
5. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"... Reserved death of that one yarlet, was not1 BOOK o be contrived or fomented
by any per- ^lity: yet it was discoursed after in the 1640. mons by ..."
6. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"About two hours Miles discoursed with Lambert, and his wife and two daughters,
and after he had cleared himself, he took leave of them, and so parted in ..."
7. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and there awhile sat and discoursed: and I find that he is a very proper man
for business, being very resolute and proud, and industrious. ..."
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