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discourse on

discourse (up)on

someone or something to lecture about someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) I would like to discourse upon this matter awhile. The committee chose to discourse on Tom and his latest fiasco rather than deal with the budgetary problems it faces.
See also: on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Brice[brais]
Marjan (2)-Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Iounia-Biblical Greek
Melati-Indonesian, Malay
Tiburcio-Spanish, Portuguese
Eira (2)AY-rah (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian
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