Definition of expounds Expounds
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What does expounds mean?
Part of speech
🔤- expounds, verb, present, 3rd person singular of expound (infinitive).
WordNet
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| expound - 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" | ||
| elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate | ||
| abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" | ||
| clarify, elucidate, clear up make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer" | ||
| detail assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" | ||
| exposit, expound, set forth state; "set forth one's reasons" | ||
| instance, exemplify, illustrate clarify by giving an example of | ||
| particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" | ||
| expound - state; "set forth one's reasons" | ||
| set forth, exposit | ||
| expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated" | ||
| depict, describe, draw give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" | ||
| premise take something as preexisting and given | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- expound (v. t.)
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. - expound (v. t.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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expound
To lay open the meaning of, to explain or discuss at length.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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expound
eks-pownd′, v.t. to expose, or lay open the meaning of: to explain: to interpret: to explain in a certain way.—n. Expound′er, one who expounds: an interpreter. [O. Fr. espondre—L. exponĕre—ex, out, ponĕre, to place.]
Part of speech
🔤- expound, verb, present, 1st person singular of expound (infinitive).
- expound, verb (infinitive).
