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dissert

[dih-surt]

dis·sert

[dih-surt]
verb (used without object)
to discourse on a subject.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin dissertāre to set forth at length (frequentative of disserere to arrange in order), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + ser- put together + frequentative -t- + -āre infinitive suffix
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