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    expatiate

    expatiate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word expatiate

    Definition
    (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    Example Sentence
    • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for expatiate

expatiate - ex + pati (husband in hindi) + ate - your ex husband ate your brain talking some nonsense tried to convince you to remarry him, means he talked at length.

pati means grandma who usually tells loads of advice and speak continously without stopping. if she starts talking it ll go for hours.so expatiate is talking for long time

expatiate.....sounds like expect....and you expect every writer to clarify the meaning or the intent of his written essays..or stories....

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get a word PATI.. means husband.. a lady talks in length about her husband when she is newly married..

expatiate=excellent party ate : if you have an excellent party to eat, you may TALK about it IN DETAILS with your friends.

Think of an expatriate sitting in a cafe writing on and on ... "The expatriate expatiated about his sexual exploits in Paris."

Now that you are divorced, you realize that your "ex" was so "patient" that she was always willing to listen to you speaking about your favorite topics in detail.

To explain in great detail.

expatiate - ex-spatiate i.e expand and talk or write.

Expatiate = Ex (previous) + Pati (husband) + ate; Previous husband ate everything give the description of everything

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