- Expatiation
- Expatiation \Ex*pa`ti*a"tion\, n. Act of expatiating. [1913 Webster]
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Expatiation
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expatiation — index harangue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
expatiation — expatiate ► VERB (usu. expatiate on) ▪ speak or write at length or in detail. DERIVATIVES expatiation noun. ORIGIN Latin exspatiari move beyond one s usual bounds … English terms dictionary
expatiation — noun see expatiate … New Collegiate Dictionary
expatiation — See expatiate. * * * … Universalium
expatiation — noun An act of expatiating See Also: expatiate … Wiktionary
expatiation — ex·pa·ti·a·tion || ek‚speɪʃɪ eɪʃn n. profuseness of speech, tendency to speak at great length … English contemporary dictionary
expatiation — ex·pa·ti·a·tion … English syllables
expatiation — noun a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail • Derivationally related forms: ↑expatiate • Hypernyms: ↑expansion, ↑enlargement, ↑elaboration … Useful english dictionary
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,… … Universalium
Enlargement — En*large ment, n. 1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. [1913 Webster] 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
