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Dissertator

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dis·ser·tate  (dsr-tt) also dis·sert (d-sûrt)
intr.v. dis·ser·tat·ed also dis·sert·ed, dis·ser·tat·ing also dis·sert·ing, dis·ser·tates also dis·serts
To discourse formally.
[Latin dissertre, dissertt-, frequentative of disserere, to discuss : dis-, dis- + serere, to connect; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]
disser·tator n.
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This learned dissertator, however valuable for his industry and erudition, is yet more to be esteemed for having dared so freely in the midst of France to declare his disapprobation of the Patriarch Oviedo's sanguinary zeal, who was continually importuning the Portuguese to beat up their drums for missionaries, who might preach the gospel with swords in their hands, and propagate by desolation and slaughter the true worship of the God of Peace.
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