Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expatiate
Participle: expatiated
Gerund: expatiating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expatiate |
| you | expatiate |
| he;she;it | expatiates |
| we | expatiate |
| you | expatiate |
| they | expatiate |
Perfect
| I | have expatiated |
| you | have expatiated |
| he;she;it | has expatiated |
| we | have expatiated |
| you | have expatiated |
| they | have expatiated |
Past
| I | expatiated |
| you | expatiated |
| he;she;it | expatiated |
| we | expatiated |
| you | expatiated |
| they | expatiated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expatiated |
| you | had expatiated |
| he;she;it | had expatiated |
| we | had expatiated |
| you | had expatiated |
| they | had expatiated |
Future
| I | will expatiate |
| you | will expatiate |
| he;she;it | will expatiate |
| we | will expatiate |
| you | will expatiate |
| they | will expatiate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expatiated |
| you | will have expatiated |
| he;she;it | will have expatiated |
| we | will have expatiated |
| you | will have expatiated |
| they | will have expatiated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expatiate |
| you | expatiate |
| he;she;it | expatiate |
| we | expatiate |
| you | expatiate |
| they | expatiate |
Perfect
| I | have expatiated |
| you | have expatiated |
| he;she;it | have expatiated |
| we | have expatiated |
| you | have expatiated |
| they | have expatiated |
Imperfect
| I | expatiated |
| you | expatiated |
| he;she;it | expatiated |
| we | expatiated |
| you | expatiated |
| they | expatiated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expatiated |
| you | had expatiated |
| he;she;it | had expatiated |
| we | had expatiated |
| you | had expatiated |
| they | had expatiated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expatiate |
| you | would expatiate |
| he;she;it | would expatiate |
| we | would expatiate |
| you | would expatiate |
| they | would expatiate |
Perfect
| I | would have expatiated |
| you | would have expatiated |
| he;she;it | would have expatiated |
| we | would have expatiated |
| you | would have expatiated |
| they | would have expatiated |
Imperative
| you | expatiate |
| we | Let's expatiate |
| you | expatiate |
Verbs conjugated like 'expatiate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expatiate'
expatriate,
expediate,
expiate,
spatiate,
depatriate,
emaciate,
eradiate,
exacinate,
exacuate,
exagitate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin expatior, from ex- + spatior (“walk about”). See: Latin '
expatior'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] superiority sat not ungracefully in every turn and movement of his fine form. He was listening, with a good-humored, negligent air, half comic, half contemptuous, to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Eva's mind. But a child's thoughts are rather dim, undefined instincts; and in Eva's noble nature many such were yearning and working, for which she had no power of utterance. When Miss Ophelia expatiated on Topsy's naughty, wicked conduct, the child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom's cabin was shut up for the present; but George expatiated brilliantly on ornaments and additions to be made to it when Tom came back.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in her otherwise colorless cheek, her eye has a feverish fire, and her mother groans to see that she looks more beautiful than she ever saw her before. The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expatiates volubly in mingled French and English, and bids rise in rapid succession.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)