What does spatiate mean?
Spatiate means (obsolete, intransitive) To rove or ramble..
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/ˈspeɪʃi.eɪt/ · verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To rove or ramble..
For astonishment , it is caused by the fixing of the mind upon one object of cogitation , whereby it doth not spatiate and transcur, as it useth ; for in wonder the spirits fly not , as in fear ; but only settle , and are made less apt to move
My spirit feels her freedom, shakes her wings, / Exults and spatiates o'er a thousand scenes[…]
[…] spatiating, at their leisure, in shady walks and porticos […]
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Spatiate means (obsolete, intransitive) To rove or ramble..
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For astonishment , it is caused by the fixing of the mind upon one object of cogitation , whereby it doth not spatiate and transcur, as it useth ; for in wonder the spirits fly not , as in fear ; but only settle , and are made less apt to move
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