spatiate

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spatiate

/ˈspeɪʃi.eɪt/

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From Latin spatiātus, past participle of spatior (“walk around, spread out”), from spatium (“space, room”). Compare Italian spaziare, German spazieren.

verb spatiates · spatiating · spatiated

intransitive, obsolete 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

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@misc{spatiate_2026,
  title = {spatiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spatiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}