Meaning of expatiate in English
Verb
expatiateEtymology
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘roam freely’): from Latin exspatiari‘move beyond one's usual bounds’, from ex-‘out, from’ + spatiari‘to walk’ (from spatium‘space’)Definitions
1. add details, as to an account or ideaExamples
- « clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing »
- « She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation »
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