Expatiation
31harangue — n 1. declamation, stump speech, cice ronianism; oration, speech, talk, address, recitation; hard sell, Inf. spiel, appeal; bombast, rodomontade, bluster, Sl. big stink, hot air; effusion, expatiation. 2. lecture, sermon, preachment, homily,… …
32ransom — n 1. redemption, buying back, buying or paying off; rescue, extrication, restoration, deliverance, delivery; release, freeing, freedom, liberty, liberating, emancipation, manumission; discharge, parole, furlough, probation, acquittal, acquittance …
33sermon — n 1. homily, preaching, Obs. predication; lesson, interpretation, exegesis; sermonizing, pulpitry. 2. discourse, disquisition, expatiation, descant; speech, talk, address, oration, peroration, prelection; eulogy, encomium. 3. exhortation, lecture …
34expatiate — /əksˈpeɪʃieɪt / (say uhks paysheeayt), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (i) (expatiated, expatiating) 1. to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme. 2. to move or wander about intellectually,… …
35amplification — [n] increase in size or effect addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, lengthening,… …
36talk — [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed,… …
37expatiate — v.i. speak or write at length. ♦ expatiation, n. ♦ expatiatory, a …
38expatiate — ► VERB (usu. expatiate on) ▪ speak or write at length or in detail. DERIVATIVES expatiation noun. ORIGIN Latin exspatiari move beyond one s usual bounds …
39expatiate — [ek spā′shē āt΄, ikspā′shē āt΄] vi. expatiated, expatiating [< L expatiatus, pp. of expatiari, exspatiari, to go out of one s course, wander < ex , out + spatiari, to walk, roam < spatium, SPACE] 1. Archaic to roam or wander freely 2. to …
40elaboration — noun 1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail (Freq. 2) a few remarks added in amplification and defense an elaboration of the sketch followed • Syn: ↑amplification • Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate …
