Meaning of EXPOUND
| Pronunciation: | | ik'spawnd
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [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"
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, lucubrate |
| |
| | See Also: | | clarify, clear up, depict, describe, detail, draw, elucidate, exemplify, expound, illustrate, instance, particularise, particularize, premise, set forth, specialise, specialize, specify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \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.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
| |
|
|
|