explaterate

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verb

To talk continuously without stop.

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Meanings

verbexplaterate (third-person singular simple present explaterates, present participle explaterating, simple past and past participle explaterated)

present singular third person explaterates · participle present explaterating · participle past explaterated · past explaterated

  1. obsoleteTo talk continuously without stop.

    His honor said he thought there was no need to explaterate about the matter.

    1833, The New-England Magazine, volume 5, page 319
    2 more examples

    I am here to explaterate about our family, and lecterize a leetle on human natur, and all that sort of thing.

    1850, William Valentine, A Budget of Wit and Humour

    As we driv along quite a crowd of boys and dogs followed us to hear Seeze explaterate, and to see him perform.

    1890, Clara Augusta Jones, Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities
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APA

explaterate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaterate

MLA

“explaterate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaterate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explaterate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaterate.

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