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Discuss   /dɪskˈəs/   Listen
verb
Discuss  v. t.  (past & past part. discussed; pres. part. discussing)  
1.
To break to pieces; to shatter. (Obs.)
2.
To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; said especially of tumors. (archaic) Note: This usage is preserved only in the word discussive. "Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection." "A pomade... of virtue to discuss pimples."
3.
To shake; to put away; to finish. (Obs.) "All regard of shame she had discussed."
4.
To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and... discussed the farm... and the price of grain." "To discuss questions of taste."
5.
To deal with, in eating or drinking. (Colloq.) "We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us."
6.
(Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
Synonyms: To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.





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"Discuss" Quotes from Famous Books



... interested in it- -you do not believe in it; many of you think it absurdly transcendental, as your topic indicates. Thus you have nothing but ridicule for it. So you can understand that what is very sacred to me I could not discuss in such an ...
— Katherine's Sheaves • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
... have evolved enough theories to keep astronomers busy for some time, if they attempt to discuss them, I suggest that we alight and leave the abstract ...
— A Journey in Other Worlds - A Romance of the Future • John Jacob Astor
... containing a carpenter's bench, a chest for bats and stumps, and various other things belonging to different boys. Acton, as head of the school, kept the key, and having unfastened the door, summoned his followers inside to hold an impromptu council of war and discuss the situation. There was a grave expression on each face, for every one felt that things were beginning to look serious. Mason, the only one of their number who had been physically equal to the leaders of their opponents, was no longer among them, and the enemy, evidently aware of ...
— The Triple Alliance • Harold Avery
... that you mention him, we shall discuss him a little. You have put my son, monsieur, ...
— Helmet of Navarre • Bertha Runkle
... trouble here," said the Senator. "I've got to settle a quarrel between two neighbors and visit a sick friend and make a short address to the Northern New York Conference at the Methodist Church and look over a piece of land that I'm intending to buy, and discuss the plans for my new house with the carpenter. I expect to get through about six o'clock and right after supper I could ride up to your place with you and walk back early in the morning. We could talk things over on the ...
— The Light in the Clearing • Irving Bacheller


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