expound

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EXPOUND', verb transitive [Latin expono; ex and pono, to set.] 1. To explain; to lay open the meaning; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of scripture; to expound a law. 2. To lay open; to examine; as, to expound the pocket. [Not used.]
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