expatiate
expatiate
Definition
ex·pa·ti·ate (ek spā′s̸hē āt′, ik-)
intransitive verb expatiated -·at′ed, expatiating -·at′·ing
- Archaic to roam or wander freely
- to speak or write in great detail; elaborate or enlarge (on or upon)
Etymology: < L expatiatus, pp. of expatiari, exspatiari, to go out of one's course, wander < ex-, out + spatiari, to walk, roam < spatium, space
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Expatiate Quotes
Awake, my St.John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan.
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