From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexpatiateex‧pa‧ti‧ate /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/ verb   → expatiate on/upon something→ See Verb tableOrigin expatiate (1500-1600) Latin exspatiatus, past paticiple of exspatiari “to wander freely”, from spatium “space” 
                                                    
                                                
