'Expound' definitions:
Definition of 'expound'
(from WordNet)
verb
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, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
verb
Definition of 'Expound'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'expound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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