dissertate

Example Sentences

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

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

“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

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

They had neither to argue nor to dissertate, nor to lay down rules for conduct, nor to ventilate their own fancies.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander