Definition of Expond
Ex*pound" (&ebreve;ks*pound"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expounding.] [OE. exponen,
expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out,
expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE.
expondre, expondre. See Position.]
1. To lay open; to expose to view; to
examine. [Obs.]
He expounded both his pockets.
Hudibras.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to
clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of
Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
Expound this matter more fully to
me. Bunyan.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
- To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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