Dis·course v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]
1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] “Have sense or can discourse.”
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. To relate something; to tell.
4. To treat of something in writing and formally.