discuss

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʌs/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʊs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʌs/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɐs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈskɐs/ Rhymes: -ʌs === Verb === discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed) (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. Synonyms: bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about, treat; see also Thesaurus:discuss (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.). Synonyms: apprise, impart; see also Thesaurus:inform (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter. Synonyms: busticate, fragment, splinter, toshiver (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume. Synonyms: get outside, put away; see also Thesaurus:ingest (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== quash ==== Translations ==== === See also === argue === Further reading === “discuss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “discuss”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “discuss”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.