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EXPATIATE
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
expatiate (third-person singular simple present expatiates, present participle expatiating, simple past and past participle expatiated)
(now, rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.
Synonyms: descant, dilate, enlarge, expound
(obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pa"ti*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expatiated;p. pr. & vb. n. Expariating.] Etym: [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.
Ex*pa"ti*ate, v. t.
Definition: To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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