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ex·pound

(ĭk-spound′)

v. ex·pound·ed, ex·pound·ing, ex·pounds

v.tr.

1. To explain in detail; elucidate: She expounded her theory on the origin of the conflict.

2. To make known or set forth; present: "In the 1956 campaign he cheerfully expounded views that had gravely disturbed him four years earlier" (Helen Sasson).

v.intr.

To make a detailed statement: The professor was expounding on a favorite topic.

[Middle English expounden, from Anglo-Norman espoundre, from Latin expōnere : ex-, ex- + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

ex·pound′er n.

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Noun

expounding - a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

exposition

philosophizing - the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy

interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

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As soon as he had dispatched this messenger, he went in quest of his sister, whom he found reading and expounding the Gazette to parson Supple.

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Maggie's mother paced to and fro, addressing the doorful of eyes, expounding like a glib showman at a museum.

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"But you speak of instruction, and of a profession; are you an adjunct to the provincial corps, as a master of the noble science of defense and offense; or, perhaps, you are one who draws lines and angles, under the pretense of expounding the mathematics?"

I understand not your allusions about lines and angles; and I leave expounding to those who have been called and set apart for that holy office.

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The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.

Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago.

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