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dis⋅sert

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

Origin:
1615–25; < L dissertāre to set forth at length (freq. of disserere to arrange in order), equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + ser- put together + freq. -t- + -āre inf. suffix
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dis·ser·tate   (dĭs'ər-tāt')   
intr.v.   dis·ser·tat·ed also dis·sert·ed, dis·ser·tat·ing also dis·sert·ing, dis·ser·tates also dis·serts
To discourse formally.

[Latin dissertāre, dissertāt-, frequentative of disserere, to discuss : dis-, dis- + serere, to connect; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]
dis'ser·ta'tor n.
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