About The Word Expound
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Expound
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What's The Definition Of Expound?
[v] state; "set forth one's reasons"
[v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Expound: dilate | elaborate | enlarge | expand | expatiate | exposit | flesh out | lucubrate Related Terms | Find terms related to Expound: account for | allegorize | clarify | clear up | comment | construe | crack | decipher | delineate | demonstrate | demythologize | describe | discourse | elucidate | enlighten | euhemerize | exemplify | explain | explain away | explicate | exposit | express | give reason for | give the meaning | harangue | hold forth | illuminate | illustrate | interpret | lecture | make clear | make plain | moralize | point a moral | popularize | preach | present | rationalize | read a lesson | sermonize | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | simplify | solve | spell out | state | throw light upon | unfold | unlock | unravel See Also | clarify | clear up | depict | describe | detail | draw | elucidate | exemplify | expound | illustrate | instance | particularise | particularize | premise | set forth | specialise | specialize | specify Expound In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*pound"\ ([e^]ks*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Expounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expounding}.] [OE. exponen,
expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose,
expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre.
See {Position}.]
1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]
He expounded both his pockets. --Hudibras.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of
obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of
Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
Expound this matter more fully to me. --Bunyan.
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