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dissertating

dissertating is the present participle and gerund of dissertate.

Meaning of dissertate

Verb (1)

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

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

Verb (2)

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.

Questions about dissertating

What is dissertating the present participle and gerund of?
Dissertating is the present participle and gerund of dissertate.

Words near dissertating in the dictionary

  1. dissepiments
  2. dissert
  3. dissertate
  4. dissertated
  5. dissertates
  6. dissertating
  7. dissertation
  8. dissertational
  9. dissertationese
  10. dissertationist
  11. dissertationists

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