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Expatiate
//ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt// verb
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Verb
- 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 add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing wordnet
- 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 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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