expounding

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
verb state

You understand as much, answered Panurge, in the veritable interpretation and expounding of recent prophecies as a sow in the matter of spicery. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
After Mr. Crawley had done haranguing and expounding, we received our candles, and then we went to bed; and then I was disturbed in my writing, as I have described to my dearest sweetest Amelia. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
While the harsh prude indemnifies her virtue By railing at the unknown and envied passion, Seeking far less to save you than to hurt you, Or, what ’s still worse, to put you out of fashion,— The kinder veteran with calm words will court you, Entreating you to pause before you dash on; Expounding and illustrating the riddle Of epic Love’s beginning, end, and middle. — Don Juan, George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron

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