Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Expound"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Expound \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

expound
v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
of; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her
dissertation" [syn: {elaborate}, {expatiate}, {exposit},
{enlarge}, {flesh out}, {expand}, {dilate}]
2: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: {set forth}, {exposit}]


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