What does expatiating mean?
Expatiating means present participle and gerund of expatiate.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of expatiate.
Surely the time passed in expatiating on the reverend Doctor's faults was rather profitably passed than otherwise.
[…] we can scarcely open, a book in which the habits and manners of animals are treated of, without meeting with numerous, fervent, and eloquent expatiatings on their sagacity […]
Use expatiating when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Expatiating means present participle and gerund of expatiate.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Surely the time passed in expatiating on the reverend Doctor's faults was rather profitably passed than otherwise.
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