discoursed

I have again discoursed, and mingled my soul, with friends whose nobility of spirit honored the illustrious stems from which they sprang; but, like the blossomed bough torn from its branch, they are gone, and spread fragrance in my path no more.

The Scottish Chiefs 1875

Raphael, and these two, partly in Italian and partly in English, discoursed upon art, painting, architecture, and sculpture in a manner calculated to produce a lasting impression upon the minds of those who were so fortunate as to be witnesses of the scene.

Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 1856

Well, after I had had a good laugh at the row they were making, I tapped at the door, and 'discoursed' 'em, as Paddy calls it.

Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835

You claimed that the word "discoursed" was archaic (though my dictionary doesn't support you on this.)

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

IS IS RIGHT, and another old man who discoursed interminably about the cosmos and the father-atom and the mother-atom.

Chapter 7 2010

Chinese elected to serve him, and discoursed fatherly to Leo on the iniquities and abominations of the flowing bowl.

CHAPTER XXIX 2010

In the TMZ interview Sheen discoursed widely on a number of subjects, including his ability to cure himself from addiction, his views on parenthood, playing baseball and his efforts to house a group of porn stars nearby – "Some plans just don't work out," Sheen said – while surrounded by a group of his friends and admirers known as "Camp Charlie".

Charlie Sheen interview: 'You can't process me with a normal brain' 2011

In 1997, Chinese scholar-warrior Jwing-Ming Yang discoursed on the evils of soft shoes at a martial arts symposium I attended in Virginia.

Arthur Rosenfeld: Free Your Feet, Change Your Life Arthur Rosenfeld 2011

Pitchfork discoursed, political retorts, robotic ones we are

We are the rising Johnny Dantonio 2011

Then, as in conversation, Sawyer discoursed on earthly concerns and divine grace.

After prison, building a new life means more than just doing right Alex Halperin 2011