expatiate
verb /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/
/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘roam freely’): from Latin exspatiari ‘move beyond one's usual bounds’, from ex- ‘out, from’ + spatiari ‘to walk’ (from spatium ‘space’).
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they expatiate | /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/ /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it expatiates | /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪts/ /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple expatiated | /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle expatiated | /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form expatiating | /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |