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▪ I. † exˈpatiate, ppl. a. Obs. or arch.
[ad. L. ex(s)patiāt-us, pa. pple. of ex(s)patiārī: see next.]
Equivalent to the later expatiated. In quots. Widespread; laid at full length.
1702De Foe Reform. Manners 30 There lye the Seeds of high expatiate Sin. 1854S. Dobell Balder xxvii. 186 Stretch him out, like the prophet on the dead..Bound and prone, expatiate with nice art To the invenient horror.
▪ II. expatiate, v.|ɛkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt|
Also 7 exp-, exspaciate, 6–8 exspatiate.
[f. L. ex(s)patiāt- ppl. stem of ex(s)patiārī, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + spatiārī to walk about, f. spatium space.]
1. intr. To walk about at large, to roam without restraint; to move about freely in space, wander at will. Now somewhat rare in lit. sense.
1538Leland Itin. I. p. xxi, I have more exspatiated yn this Campe then they did. 1615Crooke Body of Man 429 Wherein this ætheriall body might expatiate and disport it selfe. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 16 They will expatiate and dance the Hay in circling motions. a1760J. H. Browne Design & Beauty Poems (1768) 102 He not content the shallow shore to keep Dauntless expatiates in the boundless deep. 1765Gray Let. in Poems (1775) 308 You will..catch the breezes on the coast of Taranto..expatiate to the very toe of the continent. 1796Morse Amer. Geol. I. 258 Workmen.. by expatiating from Europe, have improved their condition. 1849Blackw. Mag. LXV. 236 He..has it in his power to expatiate where he will. 1864Lowell Biglow P. Poet. Wks. (1879) 275/2 Winter-flies..crawl out..to expatiate in the sun. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life xii. i. (1876) 435 Points upon which the cattle expatiate.
b. Said of the eye, or hand.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 20 In this Cephalical compression to the sides, the Eyes more freely expatiate to the back-parts. 1712Addison Spect. No. 412 ⁋2 Where the Eye has Room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the Immensity of its Views. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxxii. (1859) II. 252 The hand of a skilful musician expatiates over the keys of the most complex organ.
c. fig.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. ii. Notes 37 So farre haue the indigested reports of..Monkish inuention expatiated out of the lists of Truth. 1650–3tr. Hales' Dissert. de Pace in Phenix (1708) II. 373 Ambition finds not room enough for her swelling to expatiate in. 1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 321 But I expatiate too much into the Subject of Predication. 1704Swift T. Tub vii, Without farther expatiating from the subject. 1787Bonnycastle Astron. vi. 84 The flighty imagination of those who..expatiated in the wilds of fiction. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. ii. (1866) 35 We..expatiate into that which is infinite.
†d. trans. (Cf. to walk the road.) Obs. rare.
1627J. Carter Exposition 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.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. i. Notes 18 But you blame me thus expatiating. 1655Cromwell Sp. 22 Jan. (Carlyle), I could not say more upon this subject if I listed to expatiate thereupon. 1721Berkeley Prevent. Ruin Gt. Brit. Wks. III. 207 Ancient orators used to expatiate in praise of their country. 1793Beddoes Math. Evid. 14 Frequently as the topic is expatiated upon. 1817Chalmers Astron. Disc. i. (1852) 17 Those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of creation. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) I. Pref. 7 The remarkable deficiency of our recent literature..has constantly tempted me to expatiate.
†3. trans. To enlarge, extend, expand (territory, etc.); to spread abroad (glory, shame); to exalt, magnify; to spread wide (the arms). Obs.
1603Patient Grissil (Shaks. Soc.) 22 Sir Owen, and signors both, do not expatiate my obloquy. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 4 Princes expatiate their dominions. 1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 6 The symmetry and exact order of which..expatiated the glory of their valor almost thorowout the Continent. Ibid. 125 A benign umbrage expatiates little spires of grass into the magnitude of Lawrels. 1668The Rivals 17, I would expatiate my Wanton arms. 1677Sir T. Herbert Trav. 189 Where after a little space the channel is well-nigh expatiated so broad as the Thames at London.
†b. refl. and intr. for refl. Obs.
1620–55J. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 34 Salisbury Plain..expatiates it self through the Middle of Wiltshire. 1650Fuller Pisgah ii. iv. 107 The Jordan..expatiateth itself into the waters of Merom. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. ii. vi. 98 The Crown-vein..Expatiates in a large tract from the right Eare. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. App. ii. 287 This dead condition..is not to expatiate unto 1260 days. 1738Common 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’ (J.). refl. only; = 1 b and 2. Obs.
1659Instruct. Oratory 10 The best way therefore is, to give it [the Wit] leave to expatiate itself in its work. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1675) 21 The thoughts being licens'd to expatiate themselves. 1683Cave Ecclesiastici, Greg. Naz. 296 Nazianzen..welcom'd his Arrival with an Oration, wherein he expatiated himself in his praises for the Nobility of his birth. 1695Dryden tr. Du Fresnoy's Painting §70 A Subject which shall..afford..Art an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate it self.
d. nonce-use. To develop (views).
1859C. Barker Assoc. Princ. i. 8 Mr. Carlyle expatiating from its text his peculiar views of..political economy.
Hence † exˈpatiated ppl. a., widespread; cf. sense 3 of vb. exˈpatiater (also exˈpatiator), one who expatiates. exˈpatiating vbl. n., the action of the vb. expatiate; in quot. expansion; cf. sense 3 b of vb. exˈpatiating ppl. a., that expatiates; whence exˈpatiatingly adv.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Expatiated, enlarged. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 62 Th' expatiated Downs Shall wider Scenes display of rural Glee. a1766Pegge Anonym. v. (1809) 201 The person, intended..as an Expatiator on the word Endovellicus. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 160 Such is the mind of our expatiater upon flowers. 1717J. Keill Anim. Œcon. (1738) 131 There was no..room for the division and expatiating of the Vessels. 1789Trifler xxxv. 456 An expatiating and florid diffusion would..weaken and dissolve their close and well-compacted strength. 1692Beverley Disc. Dr. Crisp 16 Why may not the most expatiating Expressions be used in so good a Sense? 1887Pall Mall G. 29 Dec. 11/1 A pleasant space into which to turn loose some..expatiating gossiper to talk of what so seemeth him best. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxi. 131 What a folly..to be so expatiatingly sincere. |