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expound
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms 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>
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
Antonyms obscure
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