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expatiating

expatiating is the present participle and gerund of expatiate.

Meaning of expatiate

Verb

expatiate (third-person singular simple present expatiates, present participle expatiating, simple past and past participle expatiated)

  1. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.
    • [H]e expatiated on the inconveniences of trade, that carried from us the commodities of our country, and made a parcel of upſtarts as rich as men of the moſt ancient families of England.1716 March 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Sunday, March 5. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob...
  2. (rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
    • [L]ooks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes, / Bids his free ſoul expatiate in the skies, / Amidſt her kindred ſtars familiar roam, / Survey the region, and confeſs her home! Such was the life great Scipio once admir'd, / Thus Atticus, and Trumball thus retir'd.1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 62
  3. (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

Noun

expatiating (plural expatiatings)

  1. expatiation
    • […] we can scarcely open, a book in which the habits and manners of animals are treated of, without meeting with numerous, fervent, and eloquent expatiatings on their sagacity […]1837, Charles Frederick Partington, The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History

Forms of expatiating

pluralexpatiatings

Questions about expatiating

What does expatiating mean?
Expatiating means expatiation.
What is expatiating the present participle and gerund of?
Expatiating is the present participle and gerund of expatiate.
What part of speech is expatiating?
Expatiating is a noun.
What is the plural of expatiating?
The plural of expatiating is expatiatings.

Words near expatiating in the dictionary

  1. expat
  2. expatiate
  3. expatiated
  4. expatiates
  5. expatiateth
  6. expatiating
  7. expatiatingly
  8. expatiatings
  9. expatiation
  10. expatiations
  11. expatiative

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