expatiation

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When the question is general enough, they move quickly from answering it to expatiating on general themes.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2015

Afterward, he would conduct a prayer meeting, invoking Hindu, Muslim and Christian texts while expatiating on, among other things, the potency of nonviolence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Roundly expatiating on the merits of his own sitters, John once took Davidson to task for being less concerned with the intellectually than the financially great.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, this morning you were expatiating upon the blessings of a constitutional government.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham

He made up for it by expatiating on Arnoux, recalling his talk, his agreeable manner, his stories; and Deslauriers urged him strongly to cultivate this new acquaintance.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave