Expatiate

//ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.

    "[H]e expatiated on the inconveniences of trade, that carried from us the commodities of our country, and made a parcel of upſtarts as rich as men of the moſt ancient families of England."

  2. 2
    add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing wordnet
  3. 3
    To range at large, or without restraint. rare

    "[L]ooks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes, / Bids his free ſoul expatiate in the skies, / Amidſt her kindred ſtars familiar roam, / Survey the region, and confeſs her home! Such was the life great Scipio once admir'd, / Thus Atticus, and Trumball thus retir'd."

  4. 4
    To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. obsolete

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin expatior, from ex- + spatior (“walk about”).

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