Dis*cours"ive, n. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.
Dis*cour"te*ous (?; see Courteous, 277), a. [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.
Dis*cour"te*sy (?), n. [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.] Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Herbert.
Dis*court"ship (?), n. Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Disc"ous (?), a. [L. discus disk. See Disk.] Disklike; discoid.
Dis*cov"e*nant (?), v. t. To dissolve covenant with.
Dis*cov"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.]
Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.
Abp. Grindal.
2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince.
Shak.
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Bacon.
We will discover ourselves unto them.