discuss
verbEtymology
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”).
Definitions
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
- I don't wish to discuss this further.
To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
- Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
To break to pieces
To break to pieces; to shatter.
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To deal with, in eating or drinking
To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
- 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.
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
- In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
To examine or search thoroughly
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
To drive away, disperse, shake off
To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
- 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 […]
- June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.
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A definitional loop anchored at discuss. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at discuss. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at discuss
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA