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1 interpretor
interpretor ātus, ārī, dep. [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend: si interpretari velis: religiones, Cs.: somnia: sententiam tuam: ad voluntatem, L.: ut plerique quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur, understood, Ta.: liberatum se esse iure iurando, interpretabatur, inferred: consilium ex necessitate, voluntatem ex vi.— Pass: ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.—To decide, determine: recte an perperam, L.— To translate: recte sententiam.— Pass impers.: uti ex libris Punicis interpretatum nobis est, S.* * *interpretari, interpretatus sum V DEPexplain/expound; interpret/prophesy from (dream/omen); understand/comprehend; decide; translate; regard/construe; take view (that); interpret to suit self -
2 expando
Iexpandere, expandi, expansus Vspread out, expand; expoundIIexpandere, expandi, expassus Vspread out, expand; expound -
3 ex-pōnō
ex-pōnō posuī, positus (expostus, V.), ere, to put out, set forth, expose, exhibit: vasa: argentum in aedibus: ratis Expositis stabat scalis, laid out, V.: alqd venditioni, Ta.—Of children, to expose, abandon: Is quicum expositast gnata, T.: pueros, L.—To set on shore, land, disembark: milites ex navibus, Cs.: socios de puppibus altis Pontibus, by bridges, V.: expositis copiis, Cs.: in Africā, L.: ibi Themistoclem, N.: exercitum, Cs.: quartā exponimur horā, H.: advexi frumentum, exposui, unloaded: exponimur orbe Terrarum, are excluded, O.—To offer, tender, be ready to pay: ei DCCC.— To leave exposed, expose, lay open: ad ictūs, L.: rupes exposta ponto, V.—Fig., to exhibit, expose, reveal, publish, offer, set forth: causa ante oculos exposita: expositā ad exemplum nostrā re p.—To set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound: sicuti exposui: quae adhuc exposui: rem breviter: Africae situm paucis, S.: causas odii, O.: artīs rhetoricas: eadem multitudini, Cs.: animos remanere post mortem: res quem ad modum gesta sit: quid hominis sit: plura de alquo, N.: exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc., Cs. -
4 edisserto
edissertare, edissertavi, edissertatus Vrelate, expound; explain -
5 interpreto
interpretare, interpretavi, interpretatus V TRANSexplain/expound; interpret/prophesy from (dream/omen); understand/comprehend -
6 explico
to unfold, unroll, disentangle / explain, expound. -
7 persolvo
to unloose, explain, expound / pay off a debt, pay. -
8 enarratius
ē-narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to explain in detail, to expound, interpret (rare but class.):omnem rem modo seni, Quo pacto haberet, enarramus ordine,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 11; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 1, 1; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32; Cic. Inv. 1, 20; id. Div. 1, 26; Liv. 27, 50; Quint. 10, 1, 101 Spald.:poëmata,
id. 1, 2, 14 Spald.; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Gell. 13, 10, 2; 18, 9, 4.—Hence, ēnarrātĭus, adv. comp., more explicitly:scribere,
Gell. 10, 1, 7 (opp. breviter et subobscure); 13, 12, 5. -
9 enarro
ē-narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to explain in detail, to expound, interpret (rare but class.):omnem rem modo seni, Quo pacto haberet, enarramus ordine,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 11; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 1, 1; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32; Cic. Inv. 1, 20; id. Div. 1, 26; Liv. 27, 50; Quint. 10, 1, 101 Spald.:poëmata,
id. 1, 2, 14 Spald.; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Gell. 13, 10, 2; 18, 9, 4.—Hence, ēnarrātĭus, adv. comp., more explicitly:scribere,
Gell. 10, 1, 7 (opp. breviter et subobscure); 13, 12, 5. -
10 expono
ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;I.sync. expostus,
Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).Lit.A.In gen.:B.stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,
set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:vasa,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:apparatum in porticibus,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:aliquid in publico,
Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:herbam in sole,
Col. 12, 28, 1:aliquem ictu,
to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:cubito,
id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—In partic.1.Of children, to expose:2.puellam ad necem,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:ad januam matris,
Suet. Claud. 27 al. —Naut. t. t.a.To set on shore, to land, disembark:b. c.milites ex navibus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;for which: socios de puppibus,
Verg. A. 10, 288:milites in terram,
Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:expositis omnibus copiis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:ibi in terram,
id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:in litora,
Liv. 37, 28, 8:aegra mancipia in insulam,
Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:in Africa,
Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:in terra,
Vell. 2, 79, 4:in litore,
Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:in portu,
Just. 18, 1, 3:ibi Themistoclem,
Nep. Them. 8, 7:ad eum locum milites,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,
id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:expositum peregrinis arenis os,
Ov. M. 11, 56:quartā vix demum exponimur horā,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;exposui, vendo meum, etc.,
have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:merces,
Dig. 14, 2, 10.—To throw overboard:3.si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,
Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:4.de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):II.ad ictus,
Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:ille ad omnes ictus expositus,
id. 9, 5, 9:ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,
Tac. H. 3, 5:exercitum hosti,
Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,
Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:piscibus beluisque,
Petr. 115:exposito solibus loco,
Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.Trop.A.In gen.:B.totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:disciplina puerilis publice exposita,
id. Rep. 4, 3:orationem,
to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:capita exposita nec explicata,
id. Brut. 44, 164:erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:praemium,
to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:factum expositum ad imitandum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 46:opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,
Suet. Caes. 49:expositum ad invidiam nomen,
Tac. H. 2, 53:nomen Dei,
to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:A.coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:talis coetus, qualem exposui,
id. ib. 1, 26:quae adhuc exposui,
id. ib. 2, 23:obscura dilucide,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:rem pluribus verbis,
id. ib. 3, 4, 15:rem breviter,
id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:mandata in senatu,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:narrationem,
id. Or. 62, 210:sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,
id. Lael. 1, 3:artes rhetoricas,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:disputationem alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 8:sermonem de amicitia alicui,
id. Lael. 1, 3:eadem multitudini,
Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,
explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,
id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:expone nunc de reprehendendo,
id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,exposito quod nuntiatum erat,
Curt. 4, 13:quasi gesta bello expositurus,
Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.Lit.:B.limen,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:census,
open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:numen (with nulli negatum),
Luc. 5, 103; cf.:(homo) obvius et expositus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,
Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—Trop.1. 2.Of authors, intelligible, lucid:3.optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,
Quint. 2, 5, 19.— -
11 exposita
ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;I.sync. expostus,
Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).Lit.A.In gen.:B.stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,
set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:vasa,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:apparatum in porticibus,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:aliquid in publico,
Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:herbam in sole,
Col. 12, 28, 1:aliquem ictu,
to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:cubito,
id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—In partic.1.Of children, to expose:2.puellam ad necem,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:ad januam matris,
Suet. Claud. 27 al. —Naut. t. t.a.To set on shore, to land, disembark:b. c.milites ex navibus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;for which: socios de puppibus,
Verg. A. 10, 288:milites in terram,
Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:expositis omnibus copiis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:ibi in terram,
id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:in litora,
Liv. 37, 28, 8:aegra mancipia in insulam,
Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:in Africa,
Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:in terra,
Vell. 2, 79, 4:in litore,
Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:in portu,
Just. 18, 1, 3:ibi Themistoclem,
Nep. Them. 8, 7:ad eum locum milites,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,
id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:expositum peregrinis arenis os,
Ov. M. 11, 56:quartā vix demum exponimur horā,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;exposui, vendo meum, etc.,
have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:merces,
Dig. 14, 2, 10.—To throw overboard:3.si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,
Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:4.de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):II.ad ictus,
Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:ille ad omnes ictus expositus,
id. 9, 5, 9:ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,
Tac. H. 3, 5:exercitum hosti,
Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,
Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:piscibus beluisque,
Petr. 115:exposito solibus loco,
Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.Trop.A.In gen.:B.totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:disciplina puerilis publice exposita,
id. Rep. 4, 3:orationem,
to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:capita exposita nec explicata,
id. Brut. 44, 164:erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:praemium,
to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:factum expositum ad imitandum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 46:opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,
Suet. Caes. 49:expositum ad invidiam nomen,
Tac. H. 2, 53:nomen Dei,
to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:A.coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:talis coetus, qualem exposui,
id. ib. 1, 26:quae adhuc exposui,
id. ib. 2, 23:obscura dilucide,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:rem pluribus verbis,
id. ib. 3, 4, 15:rem breviter,
id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:mandata in senatu,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:narrationem,
id. Or. 62, 210:sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,
id. Lael. 1, 3:artes rhetoricas,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:disputationem alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 8:sermonem de amicitia alicui,
id. Lael. 1, 3:eadem multitudini,
Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,
explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,
id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:expone nunc de reprehendendo,
id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,exposito quod nuntiatum erat,
Curt. 4, 13:quasi gesta bello expositurus,
Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.Lit.:B.limen,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:census,
open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:numen (with nulli negatum),
Luc. 5, 103; cf.:(homo) obvius et expositus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,
Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—Trop.1. 2.Of authors, intelligible, lucid:3.optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,
Quint. 2, 5, 19.— -
12 interpretor
interprĕtor, ātus (in tmesi:I.inter quaecumque pretantur,
Lucr. 4, 832), 1, v. dep. [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, give expression to, translate; to understand, conclude, infer, appreciate, recognize, comprehend.In gen. (class.):II.tuae memoriae interpretari me aequom censes,
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 29:nec quidquam aliud est philosophia, si interpretari velis, quam studium sapientiae,
Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:jus,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:monstra aut fulgura,
id. Div. 1, 6, 12:somnia,
id. ib. 1, 23, 46:sapienter,
id. Dom. 1, 1:cetera de genere hoc,
Lucr. 4, 832:aliquid mitiorem in partem,
id. Mur. 31, 64: felicitatem alicujus grato animo, id. Brut. 1:male bene dicta,
id. N. D. 3, 31, 77:grate beneficia,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13:male beneficium fortunae,
Sen. Ep. 63:voluntatem alicujus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:sententiam alicujus,
id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37:epistolam alicujus,
id. Att. 15, 28:qui scriptum recitet et scriptoris voluntatem non interpretetur,
Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14:medio responso spem ad voluntatem interpretantibus fecerat,
Liv. 39, 39:obscure dicta,
Quint. 3, 4, 3:aenigmata,
id. 8, 6, 53:leges,
id. 3, 6, 87:versus,
id. 1, 9, 2: allêgoria, quam inversionem interpretamur, translate, id. 8, 6, 44; 2, 15, 25; Suet. Gramm. 1:ut plerique... viso aspectoque Agricola quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur,
few understood him, Tac. Agr. 40:jussa ducum interpretari quam exsequi malle,
id. H. 2, 39.—With inf.:reditu enim in castra, liberatum se esse jurejurando, interpretabatur,
Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113:pomoerium verbi vim solam intuentes postmoerium interpretantur esse,
Liv. 1, 44, 4:victoriam ut suam,
claimed as his own, Vell. 2, 80, 2:nolite consilium ex necessitate, nec voluntatem ex vi interpretari,
Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29:virtutem ex consuetudine vitae,
id. Lael. 6, 21: Chaldaeos interpretatos imperium Persarum ad eos transiturum, interpret signs, etc., i. e. predict, foretell, Curt. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Galb. 8.—Esp.A. B.Memoriae alicujus, to assist one ' s memory, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 25.—C.To translate:D.recte sententiam (v. the context),
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20.—Diabolo, to ascribe to the devil, Tert. Verg. Vel. 15.► In pass.sense:scripturae, quae male de Hebraicis interpretata sunt,
Lact. 4, 7, 7:ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:flumen Naarmalcha, quod amnis regum interpretatur,
Amm. 24, 6.— interprĕtātus, a, um, P. a., explained, translated (class.):nomen,
Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:haec ex Graeco carmine interpretata recitavit,
Liv. 23, 11, 4; 45, 29, 3. -
13 scriba
scrība, ae, m. [scribo], a public or official writer, a clerk, secretary, scribe (whereas librarius or scriba librarius denotes a private secretary or amanuensis;2.notarius, a short-hand writer): scribas proprio nomine antiqui et librarios et poëtas vocabant. At nunc dicuntur scribae quidem librarii, qui rationes publicas scribunt in tabulis, etc.,
Fest. p. 333 Müll.:(scribarum) ordo est honestus, quod eorum hominum fidei tabellae publicae periculaque magistratuum committuntur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 78, § 182; 2, 3, 80, § 184 sq.; 2, 3, 80, § 187; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Clu. 45, 126; id. Agr. 2, 13, 32 (distinguished from librarii):meus,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; Liv. 2, 12; 22, 57; 40, 29; Suet. Claud. 1; 38; id. Vesp. 3; Hor. S. 1, 5, 35; 2, 5, 56; id. Ep. 1, 8, 2 et saep.; cf.also: SCRIBA AB EPISTOLIS LATINIS,
Inscr. Orell. 41; 2437; and:SCRIBA LIBRARIVS,
ib. 1621; 2950 al.—(Eccl. Lat.) A doctor of the Jewish law, one whose duty it was to guard and expound the sacred text, Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 17; id. Matt. 23, 2 et saep.
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expound — ► VERB ▪ present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically. DERIVATIVES expounder noun. ORIGIN Latin exponere present, explain … English terms dictionary
expound — UK [ɪkˈspaʊnd] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms expound : present tense I/you/we/they expound he/she/it expounds present participle expounding past tense expounded past participle expounded very formal to explain something or to… … English dictionary
expound — v. (formal) 1) (B) she expounded her theory to her colleagues 2) (d; intr.) to expound on (to expound on one s favorite subject) * * * [ɪk spaʊnd] (d; intr.) to expound on (to expound on one s favorite subject) (formal) (B) she expounded her… … Combinatory dictionary
expound — [[t]ɪkspa͟ʊnd[/t]] expounds, expounding, expounded VERB If you expound an idea or opinion, you give a clear and detailed explanation of it. [FORMAL] [V n] Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics. Syn: explain PHRASAL VERB … English dictionary
expound — ex|pound [ ık spaund ] verb intransitive or transitive VERY FORMAL to explain something or express your opinion about it in detail: It will be an opportunity to expound the ideas he has been developing. expound on/upon: He continued to expound on … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English