Dissertate : v : talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker
dissertated about the social politics in 18th century
England" [syn: discourse]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Dissertate : \Dis"ser*tate\, v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of
dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See
Dissert.]
To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to
discourse. [R.] --J. Foster.