[Drago]

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Does that term mean ‘to encourage discussion’?
I haven’t seen it used before now.

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“Discourse” is also open-source discussion forum software:

https://www.discourse.org

[lee martell]

Yes. It is an odd, though correct use of English.
Similar to saying
“I looked out the kitchen window, and a saw that my wife was having Social Intercourse with that retired couple from England.”