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Expatiate is defined as to give extensive details when speaking or writing.

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An example of expatiate is someone taking twenty minutes to tell you what they had for lunch.

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intransitive verb expatiated, expatiating

Archaic to roam or wander freely
to speak or write in great detail; elaborate or enlarge (on or upon)

Origin: < L expatiatus, pp. of expatiari, exspatiari, to go out of one's course, wander < ex-, out + spatiari, to walk, roam < spatium, space

Related Forms:

expatiation noun

See expatiate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing, ex·pa·ti·ates

To speak or write at length: expatiated on the subject until everyone was bored.
To wander freely.

Origin:

Origin: Latin expatiārī, expatiāt-

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + spatiārī, to spread (from spatium, space)

Related Forms:

ex·paˌti·aˈtion noun

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