DISCUSSED
Verb
discussed
simple past tense and past participle of discuss
Source: Wiktionary
DISCUSS
Dis*cuss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discussing.] Etym: [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike
asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish);
dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away;
– said especially of tumors.
Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir
H. Wotton.
A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.
3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.]
All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.
4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by
presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift;
to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm .
. . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of
taste." Macaulay.
5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.]
We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought
with us. Sir S. Baker.
6. (Law)
Definition: To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against,
as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
Burrill.
Syn.
– To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when
we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the
truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine
it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly
applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without
giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point
when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties.
In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition