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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 1.6 [wn]:
expound
v : elaborate or expatiate upon give details; "She elaborated
on her plans" [syn: {elaborate}, {expatiate}, {enlarge},
{flesh out}, {expand}, {dilate}]
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