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dis⋅ser⋅tate

  [dis-er-teyt]
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–verb (used without object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse.
Origin:
1760–70; prob. back formation from dissertation

Related forms:
dis⋅ser⋅ta⋅tor, noun
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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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