dissertation

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:09:31

Dis`ser*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.]

A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

 

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