\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.                   --Dryden.
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.