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Definition of Disquisition
1. Noun. An elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion.
Definition of Disquisition
1. n. A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.
Definition of Disquisition
1. Noun. A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; a dissertation or treatise. ¹
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Definition of Disquisition
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disquisition
Literary usage of Disquisition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades : Embracing by Richard Green Parker (1854)
"disquisition. A disquisition is a formal or systematic inquiry into any subject by
... tA disquisition differs from a dissertation in its form and extent. ..."
2. Works by William Harvey (1847)
"Of the uses of this disquisition on fecundity. Tliis disquisition on the inherent
qualities of the egg and the cause of its fecundity, is alike in point of ..."
3. Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature by James Dennistoun (1851)
"una disputa dela pictura," being a critical disquisition on the more important
qualities of painting, and a list of its most successful followers in his ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"OF THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND From 'A disquisition on Government ' IT is then a
great error to suppose that the government of the concurrent majority is ..."
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