(v) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing, Syn.expand, expound, enlarge, lucubrate, exposit, dilate, flesh out, expatiate, Ant.contract, Example: She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. [ 1913 Webster ]
He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
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