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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To speak with another or others about; talk over.
2. v. To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To shake or strike asunder; break up; disperse; scatter.
2. To shake off; put away.
3. To examine; consider and declare one's opinion concerning; hence, to explain; declare; speak about.
4. To agitate; debate; argue about; reason upon; sift the considerations for and against.
5. Hence To examine or investigate the quality of by consuming, as something to eat or drink: as, to discuss a fowl; to discuss a bottle of wine.
6. In civil law, to exhaust legal proceedings against for debt, as the actual debtor or his property, before proceeding against the property of a person secondarily liable for the debt. See benefit of discussion, under discussion.
7. In French-Canadian law, to procure the sale of (the property of a debtor) by due process of law and apply the proceeds toward the payment of the debt. Synonyms Dispute, Debate, etc. See argue.

Wiktionary

1. v. obsolete, transitive To drive away, disperse, shake off.
2. v. transitive To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
3. v. transitive, obsolete To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To break to pieces; to shatter.
2. v. archaic To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
3. v. obsolete To shake; to put away; to finish.
4. v. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.
5. v. colloq. To deal with, in eating or drinking.
6. v. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. to consider or examine in speech or writing
2. v. speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion