English-Thai Dictionary

expatiate

VT ขยายความ โดย การ พูด หรือ เขียน  dilate enlarge ka-yai-kwam-doi-kan-phud-rue-kian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPATIATE

v.i.[L. expatior; ex and spatior, to wander, to enlarge in discourse, spatium, space, probably allied to pateo, to open. ] 1. To open at large; to rove without prescribed limits; to wander in space without restraint.
He bids his soul expatiate in the skies.
Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man.
2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion. On important topics the orator thinks himself at liberty to expatiate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPATIATE

Ex *pa "ti *ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expatiated;p. pr. & vb. n.Expariating.] Etym: [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. 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

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expatiate

ex pa ti ate |ikˈspāSHēˌāt ɪkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] speak or write at length or in detail: she expatiated on working-class novelists. DERIVATIVES ex pa ti a tion |ikˌspāSHēˈāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 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 ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

expatiate

expatiate |ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt, ɛk- | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (expatiate on ) speak or write in detail about: she expatiated on working-class novelists. DERIVATIVES expatiation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 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 ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expatiate

expatiate verb he expatiated on the topic of volunteerism: speak /write at length, go into detail, expound, dwell, dilate, expand, enlarge, elaborate; formal perorate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expatiate

expatiate verb she expatiated on the subject at some length: hold forth about, speak /write at length about, pontificate about, discourse on, expound, go into detail about, go on about, dwell on; expand on, enlarge on, elaborate on, amplify, embellish; informal spout about, sound off about; rare perorate on, dilate on, dissertate on.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expatiate

ex pa ti ate /ekspéɪʃièɪt /動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…について » 長々と [詳細に ]述べる, 詳述する «on , upon » .