dissert
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dis·ser·tate
(dĭs′ər-tāt′) also dis·sert (dĭ-sûrt′)intr.v. dis·ser·tat·ed, dis·ser·tat·ing, dis·ser·tates also dis·sert·ed or dis·sert·ing or dis·serts
1. To discourse formally.
2. To prepare a dissertation.
[Latin dissertāre, dissertāt-, frequentative of disserere, to discuss : dis-, dis- + serere, to connect; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]
dis′ser·ta′tor n.
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dissert
Past participle: disserted
Gerund: disserting
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Translations
dissert
, dissertatevi (form) (in writing) → eine Abhandlung schreiben (→ on über +acc); (in speech) → einen Vortrag halten (→ on über +acc)
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