The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EXPATIATED
Verb
expatiated
simple past tense and past participle of expatiate
Source: Wiktionary
EXPATIATE
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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