Meaning of EXPATIATE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'speyshee`eyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
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| | See Also: | | clarify, clear up, detail, elucidate, exemplify, illustrate, instance, particularise, particularize, set forth, specialise, specialize, specify | |
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\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.
\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | amplify, descant, detail, develop, dilate, discuss, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, enlarge upon, evolve, expand, explicate, narrate, particularize, ramble, recite, recount, rehearse, rehearse in extenso, relate, relate at large, sermonize, unfold, work out |
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