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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