Dissertate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissertate \Dis"ser*tate\, v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of
     dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See
     {Dissert}.]
     To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to
     discourse. [R.] --J. Foster.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissertate
       v : talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker
           dissertated about the social politics in 18th century
           England" [syn: {discourse}]