discuss

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
discuss/dɪˈskʌs/

▶verb talk about (something) so as to reach a decision.

■ talk or write about (a topic), examining different issues or ideas.

– derivatives
discussable adjective,
discussant noun,
discusser noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘dispel, disperse’, also ‘examine by argument’): from L. discuss-, discutere ‘dash to pieces’, later ‘investigate’, from dis- ‘apart’ + quatere ‘shake’.