expatiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expatiate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expatiate 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" Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate Antonym(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expatiate \Expa"tiate\, v. t. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expatiate \Expa"tiate\, 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.