1. to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on)
2. to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to take (e.g. measures); to carry out (e.g. a plan) to adopt (e.g. a policy)
3. to confer; to hold conference (with); to negotiate (with)
4. to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with); to make up (with)