verb
1.
to exchange views about something in order to arrive at the truth or to convince others
met to discuss community needs
Synonyms: agitate, argue, canvass, debate, discept, dispute, ||kick around, moot, pro-and-con, thrash out, toss (around)
Related Word: deliberate, hash over, reason (out), talk over; consider, weigh
Idioms: consider pro and con, go into, reason the point
2.
Synonyms: discourse 1, descant, dilate (on or upon), dissert, dissertate, expatiate, sermonize
Related Word: elucidate, explicate, interpret