She expatiated endlessly on the evils of tobacco.
•I have heard you expatiate on Harry quite enough, thank you.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
address — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. direct; court, woo; accost, greet, approach, speak to. n. street and number; residence, home; speech, discourse, oration; cleverness, dexterity. See direction, indication, abode, courtesy, skill.… … English dictionary for students
speak — verb 1) she refused to speak about it Syn: talk, say anything/something; utter, state, declare, tell, voice, express, pronounce, articulate, enunciate, vocalize, verbalize 2) we spoke the other day Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
