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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissertate
Dis′ser-tate
,Verb.
I.
To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
[R.]
J. Foster.
Definition 2024
dissertate
dissertate
English
Verb
dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)
- To make a dissertation; to discourse.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 203:
- In fact, if a miracle ever sat up and slapped him in the face over his small beer and muffin he'd […] dissertate in Latin on the experiential impossibility of its existence.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 203:
Etymology 2
Back-formation from dissertation.
Verb
dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)
- To write one's dissertation.
- Mark stayed up until 2 a.m. dissertating last night.
Italian
Verb
dissertate
- second-person plural present indicative of dissertare
- second-person plural imperative of dissertare
Participle
dissertate
- feminine plural of dissertato