expatiate

Verb

Synonyms: elaborate lucubrate exposit enlarge flesh out expand expound dilate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (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”Synonyms: elaborate lucubrate exposit enlarge flesh out expand expound dilate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [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]

Expatiate \Ex*pa"ti*ate\, v. t. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. [1913 Webster]

Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]