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Expatiate

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expoundverb(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
expandverb(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
elaborateverbComplex, detailed, or sophisticated.
dilateverb(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
enlargeverb(transitive) To make (something) larger.
flesh outverb(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

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WordDefinition
expoundverb(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
elaborateverb(transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
enlargeverb(transitive) To make (something) larger.
dilateverb(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
expandverb(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
flesh outverb(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
spout offverb(informal) To speak for a tedious or exasperating length of time.
overelaborateExcessively elaborate.
overexplainverb(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
bloviatenoun(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
effusenoun(obsolete) effusion; loss
amplifyverb(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
hold forthverb(intransitive) To talk at great length.
talk a mile a minuteverb(informal, idiomatic) To speak quickly or excessively.
speak volumesverbTo convey significant information beyond what is explicit, especially unintentionally.
belabourverb(transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.
perorateverb(intransitive) To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
overspeakverbTo speak too much; to use too many words.
overdiscussverbTo discuss too long or too often.
wax poeticverb(often derogatory, intransitive) To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.

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