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Definition of EXPOUND

1

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) <a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics>

Synonyms air, expound, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voice

Related Words advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submit

Near Antonyms censor, restrain, restrict

Antonyms stifle, suppress

2

to make plain or understandable <at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury>

Synonyms clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle

Related Words decipher, decode; analyze, break down; disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle; resolve, solve; define, specify; annotate, commentate, gloss

Near Antonyms befog, cloud; confound, confuse, obfuscate

Antonyms obscure