Both Uses of
discourse
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- She acknowledged it to be very fitting, that every little social commonwealth should dictate its own matters of discourse; and hoped, ere long, to become a not unworthy member of the one she was now transplanted into.†
Chpt 6 *
- There was a little awkwardness at first in their discourse on another subject.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
a serious speech, writing, or conversation on a particular topic
or much more rarely: to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation
or much more rarely: to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation