EXPAND Copy link • EXPANDpandere (e.g., vela, retia: pennas ad solem, Verg.): extendere (to stretch out; e.g., digitos): explicare (to unfold). INTRANS.) dispandi (very rare; PROP.; e.g., arbor vastis ramis, Plin.): se aperire (general term; to discover itself): corroborari et coi firmari (to be strengthened; of the intellect; ingenium). Of flowers, se aperire or pandere; florem expandere.