Associations to the word «Expatiate»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
EXPATIATE, verb. (now rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
EXPATIATE, verb. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant.
EXPATIATE, verb. (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Dictionary definition
EXPATIATE, verb. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.