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dissertate

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪsəteɪt/Part of speech verbSorted adeeirssttStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. talk at length and formally about a topic

Word origin

First attested in 1766; borrowed from Latin dissertātus, perfect passive participle of dissertō (“to argue, discuss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of disserō. Doublet of dissert.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Mark stayed up until 2 a.m. dissertating last night.

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