Definition of Expatiate. Meaning of Expatiate. Synonyms of Expatiate

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Definition of Expatiate

Expatiate
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. Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. --Pope. 2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. --Addison.
Expatiate
Expatiate Ex*pa"ti*ate, v. t. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. --Dryden.

Meaning of Expatiate from wikipedia

- include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting. The word verbosity comes...
- . may the great whale outlast all hunting, since he has a pasture to expatiate in, which is precisely twice as large as all Asia, both Americas, Europe...
- portions of the book, and kindly consented to publish this work. I shall not expatiate on the various troubles and difficulties that I have undergone in writing...
- becoming President, talks about the genetic superiority of winners, and expatiates his greatness while looking at the New York skyline. Sebastian Stan as...
- institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. I think it however a greater evil to the white man...
- intrusion of dirt and filth", which at that time made the water unusable. "He expatiates also on the excellence of this material for forming level and durable...
- slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil. It is idle to expatiate on its disadvantages. I think it is a greater evil to the white than to...
- attached great importance to dreams and waking visions, on which he used to expatiate in his public discourses. Tennemann, Wilh Gottlieb (1852). A manual of...
- (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan;...
- discussion of what Black calls "Our Federalism", a discussion in which Black expatiates on: ...proper respect for state functions, a recognition of the fact that...