verb
- to speak or write at length on a subject; to discourse formally
Usage: formal
Examples
- The professor began to dissertate on the causes of the Civil War.
- She could dissertate for hours about Renaissance art.
- The speaker dissertated extensively on climate change policy.
- He tends to dissertate rather than give brief answers.
- The scholar dissertated on ancient Greek philosophy.
- During the lecture, she dissertated about modern literature.