discourse vb. (5 now only as a reminiscence of the S. passage)
1.
to hold discourse, talk, converse
MND. V. i. 153
“Let”
[them] “At large ,”
Cæs. III. i. 295
“ . . . of the
state of things.”
2.
to pass (the time) in
talk Cym. III. iii. 38.
4.
to utter, say
Oth. II. iii. 284
“and fustian with
one's own shadow.”
5.
to give forth
(musical sound) Ham. III. ii.
381.
