EXPATIATING

Verb

expatiating

present participle of expatiate

Noun

expatiating (plural expatiatings)

expatiation

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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