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Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.

A thrower of the discus.

Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.

Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- n.

A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope.

nd in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver .] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17.

Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay.

Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.] We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.

formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

t; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.

f a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.

To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison.

To discuss; to examine. [Obs.] To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is. Shak.

oft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.