expound
- to set forth or state in detail: to expound theories.
- to explain; interpret.
- to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).
Origin of expound
Synonym study
Related Words for expound
exemplify, delineate, explain, express, clarify, explicate, illustrate, comment, elucidate, describe, state, discourse, interpret, unfold, present, construe, enucleateExamples from the Web for expound
Contemporary Examples of expound
I was going to expound on this today, but Josh Barro's got it covered.
The spring collection was intended to expound on the female body, sensuality and skin--but not nudity.
Why, in an otherwise tough interview, he didn't ask Netanyahu to expound the distinction is beyond me.
He recognized me from TV, and began to expound his political opinions.
The compulsion to expound on the grips of passion is timeless, it would seem.
Historical Examples of expound
Well, my dears, it is useless for me to expound to you that which I cannot myself understand.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
Professor Turner will expound the significance of the frontier in American history.
The American MindBliss Perry
"Because—" But it was no moment to expound the personal nature of love.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
Will you allow me then to explain how I should have liked to have heard you expound the matter?
LawsPlato
I will expound this meaning of mine through the medium of a parable.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
expound
- (when intr, foll by on or about) to explain or set forth (an argument, theory, etc) in detailto expound on one's theories; he expounded his reasoning
Word Origin for expound
Word Origin and History for expound
c.1300, from Old French espondre "expound (on), set forth, explain," from Latin exponere "put forth, explain, expose, exhibit," from ex- "forth" (see ex-) + ponere "to put, place" (see position); with intrusive -d (cf. sound (n.1)). The usual Middle English form was expoune. Related: Expounded; expounding.