expound
verb
[ ɪkˈspaʊnd ]
• present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.
• "he was expounding a powerful argument"
Similar:
present,
put forward,
set forth,
proffer,
offer,
advance,
propose,
propound,
frame,
give an account of,
recount,
explain,
give an explanation of,
detail,
spell out,
describe,
discuss,
explicate,
delineate,
elucidate,
elaborate on,
expand on,
expatiate on,
dwell on,
harp on,
discuss at length,
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.
