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To discover. [Obs.] That none might her discoure. Spenser.

r; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

ue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.

Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.

espect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.

Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.

Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.] A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.

A kind of millet. See Durra.

See Durukuli.

A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates.

A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser.