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 reconciliate (with); to make peace (with); to make up (with)

4. to recite poetry (at a poetry gathering)