- Formal discussion - Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference;
conversation. - In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions,
assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in
collegiate scholarship.
- Written thesis - A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral
or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations
on the Prophecies.
- 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.