A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
Expression in words, either speech or writing.
An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
Any rational expression, reason.
To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
To write or speak formally and at length.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.