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Webster 1913 Edition

Spatiate

Spa′ti-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
spatiatus
, p. p. of
spatiari
, fr.
spatiatum
. See
Space
.]
To rove; to ramble.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spatiate

SPA'TIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. spatior.] To rove; to ramble. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

spatiate

spatiate

English

Verb

spatiate ‎(third-person singular simple present spatiates, present participle spatiating, simple past and past participle spatiated)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To rove; to ramble.
    • Isaac Watts
      My spirit feels her freedom, shakes her wings, / Exults and spatiates o'er a thousand scenes […]
    • Richard Hurd
      […] spatiating, at their leisure, in shady walks and porticos […]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Latin

Participle

spatiāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of spatiātus

Etymology

Latin spatiatus, past participle of spatiari, from spatiatum. See space.

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