dissertate

2 definitions found

dissertate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

dissertate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dissertate
      v 1: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker
           dissertated about the social politics in 18th century
           England" [syn: hold forth, discourse, dissertate]