n. (Med.) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. discussif. ]
A kind of peremptory and discussive voice. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive. ]
The power he [ Shakespeare ] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. Milton.
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a. [ Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive. ]
The power he [ Shakespeare ] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. Milton.
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