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Webster 1913 Edition

Expound

Ex-pound′

(ĕks-pound′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expounded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Expounding
.]
[OE.
exponen
,
expounen
,
expounden
, fr. L.
exponere
to set out, expose, expound;
ex
out +
ponere
to put: cf. OE.
expondre
,
expondre
. See
Position
.]
1.
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
[Obs.]
He
expounded
both his pockets.
Hudibras.
2.
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
.
Expound
this matter more fully to me.
Bunyan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expound

EXPOUND'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. 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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