The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discuss \Dis*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.-
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.
--Sir H. Wotton.A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples.
--Rambler. -
To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.]
All regard of shame she had discussed.
--Spenser. 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.''
--Tennyson. ``To discuss questions of taste.''
--Macaulay.-
To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.]
We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
--Sir S. Baker. -
(Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
--Burrill.Syn: 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of discuss English)
Usage examples of "discussing".
Sassinak listened politely enough, but with the internal feeling of the adult listening to eight-year-olds discussing the merits of competing toys.
Kai had more color in his face when he and Portegin joined her for breakfast, discussing priorities for Portegin's skills: the new core screen or completing repairs to the shuttle's damaged console.
He could not understand why his fellow students were not looking scared or at least discussing the terrible piece of news on the front page, but very few of them took the newspaper every day like Hermione.
Harry heard them whispering about it as they queued up outside classes, discussing it over lunch and in the back of lessons, while Hermione even reported that every occuÂpant of the cubicles in the girls' toilets had been talking about it when she nipped in there before Ancient Runes.
When people were not discussing the escaped Death Eaters in the corridors, they were laughing at Gryffindor's abysmal performance in their match against Hufflepuff.
Christ, what had they been discussing when Hrrula doodled in the dust?
Hrrubans who lived on Rrala did not have such a wild, predatory look when discussing the Hunt, and those who still lived on Hrruba were revolted by the thought of slaying fresh meat.
Certainly, insisting on discussing grids, he'd disorganize the meeting so that nothing could be accomplished but a venting of temper.
Instead of discussing generalities, as I thought the conference was meant to do, the participants seem to have gone straight on to sensitive topics, discussing engineering and space sciences as if they were exchanging recipes.
Berru and Triv were discussing the next day's work in terms of which of the coloured lakes would be the richest in ore-minerals.
She looked quickly to see if Kai had noticed the sleds but he was discussing supplies with Fordeliton.
Again, being candid, Caissa had lately become bored with a life totally devoted to days spent in hunting parties and evenings in parties discussing the days' hunts.
She'd heard them discussing staging in terms of excitation phases, shell movements, particle emissions, subshell directionals until she wondered if they were talking theatre or nuclear physics.
It's almost as if the Corvi were discussing personal intimacies rather than sub-particular facts, but the result is a fantastic discipline of nucleonic forces.
I don't know why we're discussing hypothetical ethical problems that are never likely to arise when we could both be improving our Decom Math skills.