18 May 2014

expound

[ik-spound]

verb (used with object)

1. to set forth or state in detail: to expound theories.
2. to explain; interpret.

verb (used without object)
3. to make a detailed statement (often followed by on ).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English expounen, expounden < Old French espondre < Latin expōnere to put out, set forth, explain, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + pōnere to put

Related forms
ex·pound·er, noun
pre·ex·pound, verb (used with object)
un·ex·pound·ed, adjective

Synonym Study
2. See explain.

Today’s aphorism

I’m not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

– Diogenes of Sinope

On this day

18 May – World Whiskey Day.

18 May 1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Halley’s Comet.

18 May 1980 – Volcanic eruption from Mt St Helens in Washington State, USA, killing 57 people.

18 May 1989 – Over 1,000,000 people march in Beijing, demanding democracy. The Chinese government violently suppressed the protests, bringing them to an end on 4 June 1989 following the massacre of hundreds of protestors in Tiananmen Square.