Associations to the word «Expatiate»

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

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson