verb
definition
To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
synonyms
definition
To make a statement, especially at length.
example
He expounded often on the dangers of the imperial presidency.
Examples of expounds in a Sentence
It expounds in germ the whole of his later theory of analogy.
Among the philosophic Jews, the Spanish Avicebron, in his Fons Vitae, expounds a curious doctrine of emanation.
In his writings he expounds and advocates the medical and philosophical systems of Averroes and other Arabian writers.
But that truth is not what Mill expounds, nor is it capable of development within the limits imposed by the associationist formula.
But in his general view of ethical principles as being, like mathematical principles,' essentially truths of relation, Clarke is quite in accordance with Locke; while of the four fundamental rules that he expounds, Piety towards God, Equity, Benevolence and Sobriety (which includes self-preservation), the first is obtained, just as Locke suggests, by " comparing the idea " of man with the idea of an infinitely good and wise being on whom he depends; and the second and third are axioms self-evident on the consideration of the equality or similarity of human individuals as such.
Professor Taylor expounds these two theories with great brilliance of argument and much ingenuity, yet neither of them will perhaps carry complete conviction to the minds of the majority of his critics.
The first book expounds clearly, and with much vigour, the evil effects of the blind acceptance of the Aristotelian dicta on physical and philosophical study; but, as is the case with so many of the anti-Aristotelian works of this period, the objections show the usual ignorance of Aristotle's own writings.
Socrates, in the Cratylus of Plato, expounds " a philosophy which came to him all in an instant," an explanation of the divine beings based on crude philological analyses of theif names.
The first-named expounds the views of the author; the second is an eager and intelligent listener; the third represents a well-meaning but obtuse Peripatetic, whom the others treat at times with undisguised contempt.
The Bible tells us about His life, mentioning what He said and did, and then expounds these teachings for the world today.
The Talmud expounds some of the most virulent racism, as these extracts plainly show.