dissertate

Example Sentences

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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

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

In a moment Billy came out ready to dissertate at length.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward