Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expatiate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expatiate
v : add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
of; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her
dissertation" [syn: {elaborate}, {exposit}, {enlarge}, {flesh
out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}]
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