expound

Definitions


[ɛkˈspaʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail
(e.g: he was expounding a powerful argument)


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Origin:
Middle English expoune (in the sense ‘explain (what is difficult)’): from Old French espon-, present tense stem of espondre, from Latin exponere ‘expose, publish, explain’, from ex- ‘out’ + ponere ‘put’. The origin of the final -d (recorded from the Middle English period) is uncertain




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