Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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DISSERTATION, noun [Latin , to discourse; to sow, that is, to throw.]
1. A discourse, or rather a formal discourse, intended to illustrate a subject.
2. A written essay, treatise or disquisition; as Plutarchs dissertation on the poets; Newtons dissertations on the prophecies.
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