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单词 expatiate
释义 expatiate
 —expatiation,  n.   —expatiator,  n.  
 /ik spay"shee ayt'/,  v.i.  , expatiated, expatiating.
  1. to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.
  2.  Archaic.   to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.
 [1530-40; < L expatiatus ptp. of ex(s)patiari to wander, digress, equiv. to ex- EX-1 + spatiari to walk about, deriv. of spatium SPACE; see -ATE1]
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