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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope