[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]