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Webster 1913 Edition

Dissertation

Disˊser-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
dissertatio
: cf. F.
dissertation
.]
A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion;
as,
Dissertations
on the Prophecies
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dissertation

DISSERTATION

,
Noun.
[L., to discourse; to sow, that is, to throw.]
1.
A discourse, or rather a formal discourse, intended to illustrate a subject.
2.
A written essay, treatise or disquisition; as Plutarchs dissertation on the poets; Newtons dissertations on the prophecies.

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