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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.

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

o have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] -- To go into. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). -- To go large. (Naut) See under Large. -- To go off. (a) To go away; to depart. The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak.…

The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

s; as, inofficial intelligence. Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. Pickering.

To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize. Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. Lowell.