‖n. [ L., let him go forth. ] 1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [ Eng. ] Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Expatiated p. pr. & vb. n. Expariating ] [ L. expatiatus, exspatiatus, p. p. of expatiari, exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari to walk about spread out, fr. spatium space. See Space. ] 1. To range at large, or without restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. [ 1913 Webster ]

He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of expatiating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expansive; diffusive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expatriated p. pr. & vb. n. Expatriating ] [ LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr. pater father. See Patriot. ] 1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. expatriation. ] The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]