Word Meanings - EXPATIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari to walk about spread out, 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

Additional info about word: EXPATIATE

exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari to walk about spread out, 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXPATIATE)

• Amplify
• Enrich
• enlarge
• increase
• augment
• multiply
• dilate
• develop
• swell
• expatiate
• expand
• discuss
• unfold
• extend
• Comment Note
• observe
• interpret
• illustrate
• expound
• explain
• criticise
• Descant
• Dissert
• talk
• dwell
• amplify
• Dilate
• Stretch
• widen
• distend
• descant
• Launch
• Propel
• hurl
• embark

Related words: (words related to EXPATIATE)

• CRITICISER
  One who criticises; a critic.
• DISSERTATIONAL
  Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.
• DISSERTATE
  To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. J. Foster.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• PROPELLER
  1. One who, or that which, propels. 2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. 3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• INTERPRETABLE
  Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
• EXPLAIN
  out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
• COMMENTER
  One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• EXTENDANT
  Displaced. Ogilvie.
• SWELLTOAD
  A swellfish.
• INTERPRETATIVELY
  By interpretation. Ray.
• INTERPRETIVE
  Interpretative.
• WIDEN
  To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
• EXTEND
  To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter , a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. Note: This is extended
• AUGMENTATION
  A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing
• DISSERTLY
  See DISERTLY
• MISINTERPRETABLE
  Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• INDWELLING
  Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• DISAUGMENT
  To diminish.
• MISEXPOUND
  To expound erroneously.