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• Фразовый глагол, означающий говорить или писать пространно и подробно о какой-либо теме.

A phrasal verb meaning to talk or write at length and in a detailed or elaborate manner about a particular subject.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Talk at lengthformalbritish

   To discuss or comment on a subject in great detail, often in a lengthy or elaborate manner.

   Разглагольствовать

   • The professor descanted on the intricacies of medieval poetry for over an hour.
   • He loves to descant on the virtues of classical music.
   • She descanted on the importance of preserving historical architecture.

   Synonymsdilatediscourseelaborateenlargeexpatiateexpoundhold forth

   Antonymsbriefcondensecurtailshorten

Base verbdescant