Found 2 items, similar to Expatiated.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: expatiate
expatiate
v : add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
“She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”
[syn:
elaborate,
lucubrate,
exposit,
enlarge,
flesh out
,
expand,
expound,
dilate] [ant:
abridge]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Expatiated
Expatiate
\Ex*pa"ti*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Expatiated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Expariating.] [L. expatiatus, exspatiatus, p.
p. of expatiari, exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari
to walk about spread out, fr. spatium space. See
Space.]
1. To range at large, or without restraint.
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Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. --Pope.
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2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in
argument or discussion; to descant.
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He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade.
--Addison.
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