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Discuss

//dɪˈskʌs// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. transitive

    "Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby."

  2. 2
    speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion wordnet
  3. 3
    To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.). obsolete, transitive

    "Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page."

  4. 4
    to consider or examine in speech or writing wordnet
  5. 5
    To break to pieces; to shatter. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume. colloquial, obsolete, transitive

    "When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal."

  2. 7
    To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. transitive
  3. 8
    To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors. obsolete, transitive

    "For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust, / And meet respect of honour put to flight […]"

Etymology

From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).

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