DISCURSIVE
\dɪskˈɜːsɪv], \dɪskˈɜːsɪv], \d_ɪ_s_k_ˈɜː_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of DISCURSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
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Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
By Oddity Software
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Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
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Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
By Noah Webster.
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Running from one thing to another: roving, desultory: proceeding regularly from premises to conclusion.
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DISCURSIVELY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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