EXPOUND

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.] He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras.

2.
v.

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.

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