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English Dictionary: expound	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expound 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" Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate Antonym(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten state; "set forth one's reasons" Synonym(s): set forth, expound, exposit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expound \Expound"\ ([ecr]kspound"), 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.