Meaning & use
Dissert
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To speak or write formally and at length on a particular subject.
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The professor would often dissert on obscure points of medieval history during office hours.
He tends to dissert about his theories whenever given the slightest opening.
A note on using this word
Though rare in modern usage, "dissert" is the direct root of the far more common noun "dissertation," a lengthy formal treatise on a subject.
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