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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expatiate /ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt, ɛk-/

▶verb (expatiate on) speak or write in detail about.

– derivatives
expatiation noun.

– origin C16: from L. exspatiari ‘move beyond one's usual bounds’ (based on spatium ‘space’).

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