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"Abbreviation for ""black male"" used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical examination."









discourse(2) (iou)



discourse verb. M16.
[from the noun, partly after French discourir.]
I.
verb intrans. Hold discourse; converse, confer. M16.
L. M. Montgomery You needn't stop to discourse with sympathetic listeners.
verb intrans. Speak or write at length on a topic. M16.
A. Powell Mr. Templar..discoursed..of redemption dates. A. Mason He discoursed with erudition..on whatever subject they cared to raise.
verb trans. Go through in speech or Writing, tell, relate; confer about, discuss. arch. M16.
R. Whitlock Alcibiades cut of his Dogs Taile..that so the talkative people might lesse discourse his Other Actions.
b. Utter, say; speak or write formally. E17-M18.
James Harris The Joy..in recollecting what we have discoursed on these Subjects.
c. Give out (Music). arch. E17.
verb trans. Address words to; converse with; harangue. Now arch. & dial. L16.
verb trans. While away (time) in conversation. E17.
II.
verb trans. Turn over in the mind. M16-M17.
verb intrans. Pass from premisses to conclusions; reason. L16-L17.
discourser noun M16.