dissertate

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin dissertatus, past participle of dissertō (to discuss), from disserō. Compare dissert.

Verb

dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)

  1. To make a dissertation; to discourse.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 203:
      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.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from dissertation.

Verb

dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)

  1. To write one's dissertation.
    Mark stayed up until 2 a.m. dissertating last night.

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Italian

Verb

dissertate

  1. inflection of dissertare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

dissertate f pl

  1. feminine plural of dissertato

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