DISCUSS Copy link • DISCUSSdisputare: disserere (to treat of a philosophical subject, etc.): (verbis) disceptare (aliquid or de re, of two parties disputing with each other to determine what is true or right, but without hostile feeling; Döderlein): to discuss a question, quaestionem excutere; explicare aliquid or de re (to develop it; put it in a clear light): to discuss a matter secretly, occultis sermonibus serere aliquid (Liv. 7, 39, in.).