dissertate

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

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

“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