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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To shake; to put away; to finish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All regard of shame she had <b>discussed</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.</def> "We sat and . . . <i>discussed</i> the farm . . . and the price of grain." <i>Tennyson</i>. "To <i>discuss</i> questions of taste."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To deal with, in eating or drinking.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>We sat quietly down and <b>discussed</b> a cold fowl that we had brought with us. <i>Sir S. Baker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Discuss</er>, <er>Examine</er>, <er>Debate</er>. We speak of <i>examining</i> a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of <i>discussing</i> a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may <i>discuss</i> a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of <i>debating</i> a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In <i>debate</i> we contend for or against some conclusion or view.</syn>

<h1>Discusser</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cuss"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.</def>

<i>Wood.</i>

<h1>Discussion</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cus"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discussio</ets> a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. <ets>discussion</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.</def>

<blockquote>The liberty of <b>discussion</b> is the great safeguard of all other liberties. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Discussion of a problem</col> &or; <col>an equation</col></mcol> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result.</cd></cs>

<i>Math. Dict.</i>

<h1>Discussional</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cus"sion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to discussion.</def>

<h1>Discussive</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cuss"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>discussif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Doubt-dispelling; decisive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A kind of peremptory and <b>discussive</b> voice. <i>Hopkins.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discussive</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*cuss"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.</def>