dissertate

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One thing I can do—pencil, if you like, and annotate, and dissertate upon that I love most and least—I think I can do it, that is.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

Not that Hilda could dissertate, or talk learnedly about pictures; she would probably have been puzzled by the technical terms of her own art.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Greek sought after wisdom; he wanted a man who would perorate and argue and dissertate.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

“Whom,” not what—a person, not a system; we “proclaim,” not we argue or dissertate about.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

Mr. Brown, who had always met my advances with a grim taciturnity that made conversation exceedingly difficult, proceeded to dissertate upon one or two of the vexed questions of the day.

From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)