English

Verb

dissertate ‎(third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)

1. To make a dissertation; to discourse.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 203:

     In fact, if a miracle ever sat up and slapped him in the face over his small beer and muffin he'd […] dissertate in Latin on the experiential impossibility of its existence.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from dissertation.

Verb

dissertate ‎(third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)

1. To write one's dissertation.

   Mark stayed up until 2 a.m. dissertating last night.‎

Italian

Verb

dissertate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dissertare
2. second-person plural imperative of dissertare

Participle

dissertate

1. feminine plural of dissertato

Anagrams

• detestarsi
• disertaste
• distraeste
• ridestaste