1. To range at large, or without restraint. Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope.
2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison.
EXPATIATE
Ex*pa"ti*ate, v. t.
Defn: To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.
EXPATIATION
Ex*pa`ti*a"tion, n.
Defn: Act of expatiating.
EXPATIATORY
Ex*pa"ti*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Expansive; diffusive. [R.]
EXPATRIATE
Ex*pa"tri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expatriated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Expatriating.] Etym: [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out
+ patria fatherland, native land, fr. pater father. See Patriot.]
1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.