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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth, expound, exposit]
2: 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" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Latin expositus, past participle of exponere Date: 1882 expound