Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to discourse
Participle: discoursed
Gerund: discoursing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | discourse |
| you | discourse |
| he;she;it | discourses |
| we | discourse |
| you | discourse |
| they | discourse |
Perfect
| I | have discoursed |
| you | have discoursed |
| he;she;it | has discoursed |
| we | have discoursed |
| you | have discoursed |
| they | have discoursed |
Past
| I | discoursed |
| you | discoursed |
| he;she;it | discoursed |
| we | discoursed |
| you | discoursed |
| they | discoursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had discoursed |
| you | had discoursed |
| he;she;it | had discoursed |
| we | had discoursed |
| you | had discoursed |
| they | had discoursed |
Future
| I | will discourse |
| you | will discourse |
| he;she;it | will discourse |
| we | will discourse |
| you | will discourse |
| they | will discourse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have discoursed |
| you | will have discoursed |
| he;she;it | will have discoursed |
| we | will have discoursed |
| you | will have discoursed |
| they | will have discoursed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | discourse |
| you | discourse |
| he;she;it | discourse |
| we | discourse |
| you | discourse |
| they | discourse |
Perfect
| I | have discoursed |
| you | have discoursed |
| he;she;it | have discoursed |
| we | have discoursed |
| you | have discoursed |
| they | have discoursed |
Imperfect
| I | discoursed |
| you | discoursed |
| he;she;it | discoursed |
| we | discoursed |
| you | discoursed |
| they | discoursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had discoursed |
| you | had discoursed |
| he;she;it | had discoursed |
| we | had discoursed |
| you | had discoursed |
| they | had discoursed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would discourse |
| you | would discourse |
| he;she;it | would discourse |
| we | would discourse |
| you | would discourse |
| they | would discourse |
Perfect
| I | would have discoursed |
| you | would have discoursed |
| he;she;it | would have discoursed |
| we | would have discoursed |
| you | would have discoursed |
| they | would have discoursed |
Imperative
| you | discourse |
| we | Let's discourse |
| you | discourse |
Verbs conjugated like 'discourse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'discourse'
discoure,
disburse,
discounsel,
discourage,
discovre,
discure,
dishorse,
dishouse,
dispurse,
scourse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, alteration of L.
discursus "a running about," in L.L. "conversation," from stem of
discurrere "run about," from
dis- "apart" +
currere "to run." Sense of "formal speech or writing" is first recorded 1581.
2. From Middle English discours, borrowed from Middle French discours (“conversation, speech”), from Latin discursus (“the act of running about”), from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”). Spelling modified by influence of Middle French cours (“course”). Doublet of discursus. See: Latin '
discurrō'.
Sample Sentences
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While he discours'd on heaven's mysterious
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The world's original, and nature's cause [1717, John Dryden [et al.], “Book 15”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Hamlet. […] Will you play upon this pipe? […] It is as easy as lying. Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumbs, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music. [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
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Music discoursed on that melodious instrument, a Jew's harp, keeps the elfin women away from the hunter, because the tongue of the instrument is of steel. [1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Volume II, Part II, Chapter V, p. 233:]
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Dahl's Silver Cornet Band, augmented for the occasion to the grand total of fourteen pieces, discoursed sweet—well, discoursed music; let us not be too particular as to the quality of it. [1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter XXIII, in The Secret Play, New York: D. Appleton & Co., page 300:]