discourse sb. (“ of reason” dates from the 15th c.)
1.
reasoning, thought,
reflection
Meas. I. ii. 196
“reason and ,”
Tw.N. IV. iii. 12, Troil. V. ii. 139,
Ham. IV. iv. 36
“with such large , Looking
before and after; of
reason,”
process or faculty of reasoning Troil. II. ii. 116,
Ham. I. ii. 150; cf.
“ of thought”
Oth. IV. ii. 153.
2.
talk, conversation
Gent. II. iv. 110,
H5 I. i. 43
“ of war,”
R3 V. iii. 100
“ample interchange of
sweet ,”
Oth. I. iii. 150.
3.
faculty of
conversing, conversational power
Err. III. i. 109
“a wench of excellent
,”
Troil. I. ii. 274.
4.
familiar intercourse
Ham. III. i.
108.
