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Meanings of expound in English

Portuguese
elaborar
Spanish
exponer

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.

    elaborar
    Usage of expound in English
    1
    Maybe I'll expound on those at some point in the near future.
    Wired
    2
    He also began to expound on expansive new goals for the jihad.
    Ghost wars
    3
    This is an attempt to expound the symbolism of the Christian religion.
    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
    4
    His main purpose was to expound and enforce the teaching of Confucius.
    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
    5
    It behoveth thee to expound to us what constitutes the highest penances.
    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
    6
    If I had it here, I would expound it to my pupils.
    The Age of Erasmus / Lectures Delivered in the Universities of O...
    7
    For the secretary had hoped to expound these notes himself at length.
    A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
    8
    It behoveth thee to expound this doubt to me fully and truly.
    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
    9
    You expound this passage allegorically, and interpret it to theft and larceny.
    Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
    10
    Had I been always blind you could not expound sight to me.
    Darkness and Dawn
    11
    Auspicious, and beneficial to all creatures, I shall expound it to thee.
    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
    12
    Do thou expound to me this truly and according to the ordinance.'
    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
    13
    Fanny, I suppose, will be able to expound it better than I.
    Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
    14
    To expound this, would be to give a chapter of mediaeval history.
    Practical Essays
    15
    After which the doctor went on to expound his philosophy of sex.
    Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
    16
    If any of ye have a wiser plan, let him expound it.'
    The Great Stone Face, and Other Tales of the White Mountains
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    Spanish
    exponer
    Expound through the time
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