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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. state;
- Example: "set forth one's reasons"
[syn: set forth, expound, exposit]

2. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
- Example: "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
[syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

exposit \exposit\ v. 1. to set forth reasons; to explain or expound. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to make external. Syn: externalize, externalise. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exposit v 1: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth, expound, exposit] 2: 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" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]