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Definition of expatiate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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