discoursed
USdis-KAWRST/dɪsˈkɔɹst/UKdis-KAWST/dɪsˈkɔːst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of discourse.
The professor discoursed at length on the origins of written language.
They had discoursed about politics late into the night before reaching any agreement.
Note
A regular -ed form doing double duty: simple past (she discoursed) and participle after have (they had discoursed). The living senses are intransitive, so a passive is rare. The transitive uses that once allowed one, debating a question or giving out musical sounds, are obsolete. Today the topic follows a preposition: discoursed on, upon or about a subject, often at length.
discoursed is a form of discourse
discourse, verb: To speak or write formally and at length on a subject. Full entry
- Forms
- discoursediscourses he/she/itdiscoursing -ing formdiscoursed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- discourse → discoursed: add -d
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