expound

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

Pronunciation

• /ɪkˈspaʊnd/, /Ik"spaUnd/

• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.

   The role of some religious leaders is to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Translations

• Finnish: selittää
• Greek: ερμηνεύω (erminevo)
• Kurdish: şirove kirin, îzah kirin, fesîh kirin, zelal kirin, ron kirin, şayesandin, şayes kirin, şayes dan, sêwer kirin, bas kirin, qal kirin, vegotin, derbirin, wesf dan, saloxandin, salox kirin, teswîr kirin, tesewir kirin
• Scots: expoond

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