verb
- to write or speak at length on a subject; to discourse or expound formally
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic or literary
Examples
- The professor disserted on the history of medieval philosophy for over an hour.
- He disserted at length about the merits of classical literature.
- She disserted on environmental policy during the conference.
- The author disserts on the nature of consciousness in her latest book.
- Rather than simply answer the question, he disserted endlessly about tangential topics.