Associations to the word «Expound»

Wiktionary

EXPOUND, verb. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine or exposit.
EXPOUND, verb. To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.

Dictionary definition

EXPOUND, verb. 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".
EXPOUND, verb. State; "set forth one's reasons".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky