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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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dissertate
(ˈdɪsəˌteɪt)vb
(Education) (intr) rare to give or make a dissertation. Also (archaic): dissert
[C18: from Latin dissertāre to debate, from disserere to examine, from dis-1 + serere to arrange]
ˈdisserˌtator n
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dis•ser•tate
(ˈdɪs ərˌteɪt)v.i. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse.
[1760–70; probably back formation from dissertation]
dis′ser•ta`tor, n.
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dissertate
Past participle: dissertated
Gerund: dissertating
| Imperative |
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| dissertate |
| dissertate |
| Present |
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| I dissertate |
| you dissertate |
| he/she/it dissertates |
| we dissertate |
| you dissertate |
| they dissertate |
| Preterite |
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| I dissertated |
| you dissertated |
| he/she/it dissertated |
| we dissertated |
| you dissertated |
| they dissertated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dissertating |
| you are dissertating |
| he/she/it is dissertating |
| we are dissertating |
| you are dissertating |
| they are dissertating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have dissertated |
| you have dissertated |
| he/she/it has dissertated |
| we have dissertated |
| you have dissertated |
| they have dissertated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dissertating |
| you were dissertating |
| he/she/it was dissertating |
| we were dissertating |
| you were dissertating |
| they were dissertating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had dissertated |
| you had dissertated |
| he/she/it had dissertated |
| we had dissertated |
| you had dissertated |
| they had dissertated |
| Future |
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| I will dissertate |
| you will dissertate |
| he/she/it will dissertate |
| we will dissertate |
| you will dissertate |
| they will dissertate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have dissertated |
| you will have dissertated |
| he/she/it will have dissertated |
| we will have dissertated |
| you will have dissertated |
| they will have dissertated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dissertating |
| you will be dissertating |
| he/she/it will be dissertating |
| we will be dissertating |
| you will be dissertating |
| they will be dissertating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dissertating |
| you have been dissertating |
| he/she/it has been dissertating |
| we have been dissertating |
| you have been dissertating |
| they have been dissertating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been dissertating |
| you will have been dissertating |
| he/she/it will have been dissertating |
| we will have been dissertating |
| you will have been dissertating |
| they will have been dissertating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been dissertating |
| you had been dissertating |
| he/she/it had been dissertating |
| we had been dissertating |
| you had been dissertating |
| they had been dissertating |
| Conditional |
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| I would dissertate |
| you would dissertate |
| he/she/it would dissertate |
| we would dissertate |
| you would dissertate |
| they would dissertate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have dissertated |
| you would have dissertated |
| he/she/it would have dissertated |
| we would have dissertated |
| you would have dissertated |
| they would have dissertated |
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Verb 1. dissertate - talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
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