the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > spread (a rumour) or tell (as a gossip) (4)
transitive. To spread or report by way of rumour. Frequently in passive with anticipatory it as subject and subordinate clause.
transitive. To speak familiarly of, talk of, tell as gossip. Obsolete.
To spread as a rumour, with whispering or busy talk.
transitive. To promulgate, circulate; to initiate, establish.