Verb: expound ik'spawnd or ek'spawnd
- Describe and explain in detail
"The professor expounded her new theory" ;"The professor dilated upon his new theory";
- elaborate, lucubrate [archaic], expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
- State
"expound one's reasons";
- set forth, exposit
Derived forms: expounded, expounding, expounds