expatiate (ti as shi), expaciate

i. & t. [Lat. expat i at us, pa. par. of expat i or, exspatior to wander: ex =out, and spatior =to wander, to roam; spatium =space.] A. Intransitive: *I. Lit .: To wander at large; to roam or rove without restraint. "With wonder seized, we view the pleasing ground, And walk delighted, and expatiate round.' Pope : Homer's Ody ey, ix. 176, 177. II. Figuratively : *1. To roam, to wander, to range. "Religion contracts the circle of our pleasures, but leaves it wide enough for her votaries to expatiate in."Add is on: Spectator , No. 494. 2. To enlarge in language; to dilate; to discu or treat a subject copiously or diffusely. "It will be too long to expatiate upon the sense all mankind have of Fame."- Steele : Spectator , No. 218. *B. Trans.: To allow to range or wander; to let loose. "Make choice of a subject, which, being of itself capable of all that colors and the elegance of design can po ibly give, shall afterward afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate itself."- Dryden : Dufresnoy's Art of Painting .