expatiate

expatiate
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         {elaborate}, {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit},
         {enlarge}, {flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}]
         [ant: {abbreviate}, {abridge}, {contract}, {cut},
         {foreshorten}, {reduce}, {shorten}]
    

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.
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            Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. --Pope.
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   2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in
      argument or discussion; to descant.
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            He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade.
                                                  --Addison.
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Expatiate \Ex*pa"ti*ate\, v. t.
   To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
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         Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself.
                                                  --Dryden.
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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "expatiate":
      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