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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
expatiate
 
SYLLABICATION:ex·pa·ti·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  k-spsh-t
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing, ex·pa·ti·ates
1. To speak or write at length: expatiated on the subject until everyone was bored. 2. To wander freely.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin expatir, expatit- : ex-, ex- + spatir, to spread (from spatium, space).
OTHER FORMS:ex·pati·ation —NOUN
 
 
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