| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.[Websters]
2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.[Websters] 3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man.[Websters] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb discoursively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (discoursively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective discoursive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISCOURSIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCOURSIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Reasoning; passing from premises to consequences. | 2: [Adjective] Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
