address#v#2: 2. (5) address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees") dilate#v#2: 2. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") discuss#v#2: 2. (30) hash out, discuss, talk over -- (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget") elaborate#v#1: 1. (7) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") enlarge#v#4: 4. (1) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") expand#v#6: 6. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") expatiate#v#1: 1. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") exposit#v#2: 2. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") expound#v#1: 1. (3) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") flesh_out#v#2: lecture#v#1: 1. (4) lecture, talk -- (deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?") lucubrate#v#1: 1. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") moralise#v#2: 2. sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise -- (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") moralize#v#2: 2. sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise -- (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") pontificate#v#2: 2. pontificate -- (talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates") preach#v#1: 1. (9) preach, prophesy -- (deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday") preach#v#2: 2. (4) preach, advocate -- (speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house") preachify#v#1: 1. sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise -- (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") prophesy#v#2: 2. preach, prophesy -- (deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday") ramble#v#1: 1. (2) ramble on, ramble, jog -- (continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs") sermonise#v#1: 1. sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise -- (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") sermonize#v#1: 1. sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise -- (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") speak#v#4: 4. (11) address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees") talk#v#6: 6. lecture, talk -- (deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?")