intransitive verb. To speak or write at length.

intransitive verb. To wander freely.

To move at large; rove without prescribed limits; wander without restraint.

To enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in argument or discussion: with on or upon.

To allow to range at large; give free exercise to; expand; broaden.

transitive verb. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

intransitive verb. To range at large, or without restraint.

intransitive verb. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.

verb. To range at large, or without restraint.

verb. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant.

verb. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

verb. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

"Godwin offers a glowing description of this future state, where all people share equally in the "bounties of nature" and are free to "expatiate" in the realms of intellectual discovery:"