v. expliquer, exposer

expound [Nks'paLnd] vt exposer (une doctrine, ses principes); interpréter (les Écritures saintes).

du lat. explicare, proprement déployer, de ex, et plicare, ployer. Expliquer a été refait sur le latin ; la forme d'origine est esployer
=> plier

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cin zodud/gošud-an (pbp.)
(škâftan o )rowšan/bâz kard/namud-an
brun gostard/afgand/škâft-an
brun/bar goš-ud-an
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Goft yâ Rabb n'ist noqsâni to râ
Aql gom šod in soxan râ bar gošâ.

(Mathnavi, BALXI RUMI (Nikolson, Reynold), 2160,I)
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Cette joie donnée en partage — seule fin de l’explication.

v. explain; describe in detail; comment

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Verb
1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
(synonym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
(hypernym) clarify, clear up, elucidate
(hyponym) detail
(derivation) exponent
2. state; "set forth one's reasons"
(synonym) set forth, exposit
(hypernym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
(hyponym) describe, depict, draw

(v. t.)
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

v. a.
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see elucidate

Synonyms and related words:
account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, comment, construe, crack, decipher, delineate, demonstrate, demythologize, describe, discourse, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, express, give reason for, give the meaning, harangue, hold forth, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, lecture, make clear, make plain, moralize, point a moral, popularize, preach, present, rationalize, read a lesson, sermonize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, state, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel