Discoursive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discoursive \Dis*cours"ive\, a. [See {Discursive}.]
     1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from
        premises to consequences; discursive. --Milton.
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     2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.


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              The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or
              discoursive scenes.                   --Dryden.
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     3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a
        discoursive man. [R.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discoursive \Dis*cours"ive\, n.
     The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.
     [R.] --Feltham.
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