Dis*cours"ive (?), a. [See Discursive.] 1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.

2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.

The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.

3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]

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