discoursive Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dis*cours"ive adjective

Etymology

See Discursive.

Definitions

1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.
2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.

   The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.

3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. R.

Dis*cours"ive noun

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. R. Feltham.