"explaterate" meaning in English

See explaterate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: explaterates [present, singular, third-person], explaterating [participle, present], explaterated [participle, past], explaterated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} explaterate (third-person singular simple present explaterates, present participle explaterating, simple past and past participle explaterated)
  1. (obsolete) To talk continuously without stop. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-explaterate-en-verb-Bjiaht3Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1890, Clara Augusta Jones, Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities:",
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        "To talk continuously without stop."
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        "(obsolete) To talk continuously without stop."
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