expatiatev.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/,

/ɛkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/, U.S.

/ɪkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt/,

/ɛkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s expaciate, exspaciate, 1500s–1700s exspatiate.

Etymology: < Latin ex(s)patiāt- participial stem of ex(s)patiārī , < ex- (see ex- prefix¹) + spatiārī to walk about, < spatium space.

a. intransitive. To walk about at large, to roam without restraint; to move about freely in space, wander at will. Now somewhat rare in lit. sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > at large or without control

straya1398

expatiatea1552

extravagate1766

a1552 J. Leland New Year's Gift in Itinerary (1710) I. p. xx I have more exspatiatid yn this Campe then they did.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 429 Wherein this ætheriall body might expatiate and disport it selfe.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 16 They will expatiate and dance the Hay in circling motions.

1734 I. H. Browne Design & Beauty 5 He, not content the shallow Shore to keep, Dauntless expatiates in the boundless Deep.

1765 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) II. 868 You will..catch the breezes on the coast of Taranto..expatiate to the very toe of the continent.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 258 Workmen.. by expatiating from Europe, have improved their condition.

1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 236 He..has it in his power to expatiate where he will.

1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 55 Winter flies..crawl out..to expatiate in the sun.

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) xii. i. 435 Points upon which the cattle expatiate.

b. Said of the eye, or hand.

ΚΠ

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 20 In this Cephalical compression to the sides, the Eyes more freely expatiate to the back-parts.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 412. ¶2 Where the Eye has Room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the Immensity of its Views.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 252 The hand of a skilful musician expatiates over the keys of the most complex organ.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 37 So farre haue the indigested reports of..Monkish inuention expatiated out of the lists of Truth.

1653 tr. S. Przypkowski Dissertatio de Pace viii. 41 Ambition findeth not room enough for her swelling to expatiate in.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 321 But I expatiate too much into the Subject of Predication.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vii. 138 Without further exspatiating from the Subject.

1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 82 The flighty imagination of those, who..expatiated in the wilds of fiction.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. ii. 35 We..expatiate into that which is infinite.

†d. transitive. (Cf. to walk the road.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground

runeOE

overcomeOE

meteOE

through-gangOE

passc1300

to pass over ——c1300

overpassc1325

tracec1381

travela1393

traverse?a1400

travelc1400

measure?a1425

walkc1450

go1483

journey1531

peragrate1542

trade1548

overspin1553

overtrace1573

tract1579

progress1587

invade1590

waste1590

wear1596

march1606

void1608

recovera1625

expatiate1627

lustrate1721

do1795

slip1817

cover1818

clear1823

track1823

itinerate1830

betravel1852

to roll off1867

1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 109 The ungodly..enter in..at the broad gates, and expatiate all the fields and countrie.

2. To speak or write at some length; to enlarge; to be copious in description or discussion. Const. on, upon. Also in indirect passive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > expatiate

dilate1562

expatiate1612

enlarge1659

elaborate1934

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. Illustr. 18 But you blame me thus expatiating.

1655 O. Cromwell Speech to Parl. 22d Jan., 1654 6 I could not say more upon this subject, if I listed to expaciate thereupon.

1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 21 Ancient Orators used to expatiate in Praise of their Country.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 14 Frequently as the topic is expatiated upon.

1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation i. 21 Those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of creation.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. Pref. p. vii The remarkable deficiency of our recent literature..has constantly tempted me to expatiate.

†3.

a. transitive. To enlarge, extend, expand (territory, etc.); to spread abroad (glory, shame); to exalt, magnify; to spread wide (the arms). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)]

broada1250

room?1316

enlargec1380

largea1382

magnifya1382

alargec1384

spreada1387

amplify1432

brede1440

expanse1477

ampliatea1513

dilate1528

propagate1548

widen1566

explicate1578

expatiate1603

diduce1605

engross?1611

dilatate1613

biggen1643

promote1652

intend1658

expand1665

to run out1683

amplificate1731

broaden1744

outstretcha1758

largen1869

big1884

1603 Patient Grissill (Shaks. Soc.) 22 Sir Owen, and signors both, do not expatiate my obloquy.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 519 Princes expatiate their dominions.

1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 6 The symmetry and exact order of which..expatiated the glory of their valor almost thorowout the Continent.

1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 125 A benign umbrage expatiates little spires of grass into the magnitude of Lawrels.

1668 The Rivals 17 I would expatiate my Wanton arms.

1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 189 Where after a little space the channel is well-nigh expatiated so broad as the Thames at London.

†b. reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)]

greateOE

grow1382

enlarge1481

to gain more feathers1600

spread1611

burnish1624

sizea1631

dilate1636

greaten1638

expatiate1650

widen1650

biggen1652

expand1791

magnify1814

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (reflexive)]

spread1340

expatiate1650

spread1693

expand1776

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 107 Jordan..expatiateth itself into the waters of Merom.

a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 50 Salisbury Plain,..expatiates it self through the middle of Wiltshire.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vi. 98 The Crown-vein..Expatiates in a large tract from the right Eare.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. ii. 287 This dead condition..is not to expatiate unto 1260 days.

1738 Common Sense (1739) II. 48 The Stock of Wealth a Nation possesses must expatiate, or it is of no Benefit to the Publick.

†c. ‘To let loose, to allow to range’ (Johnson). reflexive only; = 1b, 2 Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 10 The best way therefore is, to give it [the Wit] leave to expatiate itself in its work.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. ii. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. C4 The thoughts being licens'd to expatiate themselves.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 296 Nazianzen..welcom'd his Arrival with an Oration, wherein he expatiated himself in his praises for the Nobility of his birth.

1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 11 A Subject..which..shall..afford..Art, an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate it self.

d. To develop (views).Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon

dilate1393

amplifya1400

paraphrase1644

to lay forth1692

expatiate1859

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 8 Mr. Carlyle expatiating from its text his peculiar views of..political economy.

Derivatives

† exˈpatiated adj. Obsolete widespread; cf. sense 3 of vb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out

openc1350

expanded?a1475

spread?c1510

splayeda1547

bredea1550

extended1552

spreaded1567

displayed1578

well-spread1600

outspreada1618

spreaden1620

expansed1628

extent1633

spread-out1644

explicate1661

expatiated1681

patulous1682

expatiate1702

sheeted1797

a-spread1879

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Expatiated, enlarged.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 62 Th' expatiated Downs Shall wider Scenes display of rural Glee.

exˈpatiater n. (also exˈpatiator) one who expatiates.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > expatiation > one who

expatiatera1766

a1766 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) v. 201 The person, intended..as an Expatiator on the word Endovellicus.

1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 160 Such is the mind of our expatiater upon flowers.

exˈpatiating adj. that expatiates.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > expatiating

expatiating1692

expatiatory1816

1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 16 Why may not the most expatiating Expressions be used in so good a Sense?

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 11/1 A pleasant space into which to turn loose some..expatiating gossiper to talk of what so seemeth him best.

exˈpatiating n. the action of main sense; in quot. expansion; cf. sense 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasec1374

dilatationc1400

larging?a1425

magnification?a1425

bredingc1440

ampliation1509

enlarginga1513

dilating1532

ampliating1541

amplification1546

amplifying1553

propagation1563

enlargement1564

widening1569

growth1587

dilation1598

expatiation1612

diduction1634

expansion1635

extendinga1649

dispansion1658

elargement1680

expatiating1708

explicating1730

aggrandizement1772

extension1839

expanse1860

aggrandization1929

1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion 44 There was no..room for the division and expatiating of the Vessels.

1789 Trifler xxxv. 456 An expatiating and florid diffusion would..weaken and dissolve their close and well-compacted strength.

exˈpatiatingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > expatiatingly

expatiatingly1748

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiv. 142 What a folly..to be so expatiatingly sincere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expatiate
释义	† expatiateadj. Etymology: < Latin ex(s)patiātus, past participle of ex(s)patiārī : see expatiate v. Obsolete or archaic. Equivalent to the later expatiated adj. at expatiate v. Derivatives. In quots. Widespread; laid at full length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 30 There lye the Seeds of high expatiate Sin. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxvii. 186 Stretch him out, like the prophet on the dead..Bound and prone, expatiate with nice art To the invenient horror. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). expatiatev. Brit. /ᵻkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/, /ɛkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/, U.S. /ɪkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt/, /ɛkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s expaciate, exspaciate, 1500s–1700s exspatiate. Etymology: < Latin ex(s)patiāt- participial stem of ex(s)patiārī , < ex- (see ex- prefix¹) + spatiārī to walk about, < spatium space. 1. a. intransitive. To walk about at large, to roam without restraint; to move about freely in space, wander at will. Now somewhat rare in lit. sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > at large or without control straya1398 expatiatea1552 extravagate1766 a1552 J. Leland New Year's Gift in Itinerary (1710) I. p. xx I have more exspatiatid yn this Campe then they did. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 429 Wherein this ætheriall body might expatiate and disport it selfe. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 16 They will expatiate and dance the Hay in circling motions. 1734 I. H. Browne Design & Beauty 5 He, not content the shallow Shore to keep, Dauntless expatiates in the boundless Deep. 1765 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) II. 868 You will..catch the breezes on the coast of Taranto..expatiate to the very toe of the continent. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 258 Workmen.. by expatiating from Europe, have improved their condition. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 236 He..has it in his power to expatiate where he will. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 55 Winter flies..crawl out..to expatiate in the sun. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) xii. i. 435 Points upon which the cattle expatiate. b. Said of the eye, or hand. ΚΠ 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 20 In this Cephalical compression to the sides, the Eyes more freely expatiate to the back-parts. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 412. ¶2 Where the Eye has Room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the Immensity of its Views. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 252 The hand of a skilful musician expatiates over the keys of the most complex organ. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 37 So farre haue the indigested reports of..Monkish inuention expatiated out of the lists of Truth. 1653 tr. S. Przypkowski Dissertatio de Pace viii. 41 Ambition findeth not room enough for her swelling to expatiate in. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 321 But I expatiate too much into the Subject of Predication. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vii. 138 Without further exspatiating from the Subject. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 82 The flighty imagination of those, who..expatiated in the wilds of fiction. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. ii. 35 We..expatiate into that which is infinite. †d. transitive. (Cf. to walk the road.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground runeOE overcomeOE meteOE through-gangOE passc1300 to pass over ——c1300 overpassc1325 tracec1381 travela1393 traverse?a1400 travelc1400 measure?a1425 walkc1450 go1483 journey1531 peragrate1542 trade1548 overspin1553 overtrace1573 tract1579 progress1587 invade1590 waste1590 wear1596 march1606 void1608 recovera1625 expatiate1627 lustrate1721 do1795 slip1817 cover1818 clear1823 track1823 itinerate1830 betravel1852 to roll off1867 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 109 The ungodly..enter in..at the broad gates, and expatiate all the fields and countrie. 2. To speak or write at some length; to enlarge; to be copious in description or discussion. Const. on, upon. Also in indirect passive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > expatiate dilate1562 expatiate1612 enlarge1659 elaborate1934 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. Illustr. 18 But you blame me thus expatiating. 1655 O. Cromwell Speech to Parl. 22d Jan., 1654 6 I could not say more upon this subject, if I listed to expaciate thereupon. 1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 21 Ancient Orators used to expatiate in Praise of their Country. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 14 Frequently as the topic is expatiated upon. 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation i. 21 Those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of creation. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. Pref. p. vii The remarkable deficiency of our recent literature..has constantly tempted me to expatiate. †3. a. transitive. To enlarge, extend, expand (territory, etc.); to spread abroad (glory, shame); to exalt, magnify; to spread wide (the arms). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 1603 Patient Grissill (Shaks. Soc.) 22 Sir Owen, and signors both, do not expatiate my obloquy. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 519 Princes expatiate their dominions. 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 6 The symmetry and exact order of which..expatiated the glory of their valor almost thorowout the Continent. 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 125 A benign umbrage expatiates little spires of grass into the magnitude of Lawrels. 1668 The Rivals 17 I would expatiate my Wanton arms. 1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 189 Where after a little space the channel is well-nigh expatiated so broad as the Thames at London. †b. reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] greateOE grow1382 enlarge1481 to gain more feathers1600 spread1611 burnish1624 sizea1631 dilate1636 greaten1638 expatiate1650 widen1650 biggen1652 expand1791 magnify1814 the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (reflexive)] spread1340 expatiate1650 spread1693 expand1776 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 107 Jordan..expatiateth itself into the waters of Merom. a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 50 Salisbury Plain,..expatiates it self through the middle of Wiltshire. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vi. 98 The Crown-vein..Expatiates in a large tract from the right Eare. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. ii. 287 This dead condition..is not to expatiate unto 1260 days. 1738 Common Sense (1739) II. 48 The Stock of Wealth a Nation possesses must expatiate, or it is of no Benefit to the Publick. †c. ‘To let loose, to allow to range’ (Johnson). reflexive only; = 1b, 2 Obsolete. ΚΠ 1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 10 The best way therefore is, to give it [the Wit] leave to expatiate itself in its work. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. ii. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. C4 The thoughts being licens'd to expatiate themselves. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 296 Nazianzen..welcom'd his Arrival with an Oration, wherein he expatiated himself in his praises for the Nobility of his birth. 1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 11 A Subject..which..shall..afford..Art, an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate it self. d. To develop (views).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon dilate1393 amplifya1400 paraphrase1644 to lay forth1692 to lay forth1692 expatiate1859 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 8 Mr. Carlyle expatiating from its text his peculiar views of..political economy. Derivatives † exˈpatiated adj. Obsolete widespread; cf. sense 3 of vb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Expatiated, enlarged. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 62 Th' expatiated Downs Shall wider Scenes display of rural Glee. exˈpatiater n. (also exˈpatiator) one who expatiates. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > expatiation > one who expatiatera1766 a1766 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) v. 201 The person, intended..as an Expatiator on the word Endovellicus. 1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 160 Such is the mind of our expatiater upon flowers. exˈpatiating adj. that expatiates. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > expatiating expatiating1692 expatiatory1816 1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 16 Why may not the most expatiating Expressions be used in so good a Sense? 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 11/1 A pleasant space into which to turn loose some..expatiating gossiper to talk of what so seemeth him best. exˈpatiating n. the action of main sense; in quot. expansion; cf. sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] waxingc1055 increasec1374 dilatationc1400 larging?a1425 magnification?a1425 bredingc1440 ampliation1509 enlarginga1513 dilating1532 ampliating1541 amplification1546 amplifying1553 propagation1563 enlargement1564 widening1569 growth1587 dilation1598 expatiation1612 diduction1634 expansion1635 extendinga1649 dispansion1658 elargement1680 expatiating1708 explicating1730 aggrandizement1772 extension1839 expanse1860 aggrandization1929 1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion 44 There was no..room for the division and expatiating of the Vessels. 1789 Trifler xxxv. 456 An expatiating and florid diffusion would..weaken and dissolve their close and well-compacted strength. exˈpatiatingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > expatiatingly expatiatingly1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiv. 142 What a folly..to be so expatiatingly sincere. 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† expatiateadj.

expatiatev.

Derivatives