Expound

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.] He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras.

2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle. Expound this matter more fully to me. Bunyan.