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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: espondre, from Latin exponere; EXPOSE

expound

 verb
     
ex‧pound [intransitive and transitive]
formal to explain or talk about something in detail
expound on
She's always expounding on the latest dogmas of feminism.
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