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expound

 
Verb expound has 2 senses
  1. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate - 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"
    --1 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
    Derived forms: noun exponent2, noun expounding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. set forth, expound, exposit - state; "set forth one's reasons"
    --2 is one way to elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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