Found 2 items, similar to expound.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expound expound v 1: 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” [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate] [ant: abridge] 2: state; “set forth one's reasons” [syn: set forth, exposit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expound 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.] [1913 Webster] He expounded both his pockets. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Expound this matter more fully to me. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]