expound Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
lucubrate; dilate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
verb state
exposit; set forth.
- set forth one's reasons

OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position.

imperfect & past participle Expounded; present participle & verbal noun Expounding

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. Obs.
He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras.
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.