What does "expounds" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of expound

What is a synonym for "expounds"?

Common synonyms include: absolve, account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, comment.

Expounds

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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third-person singular simple present indicative of expound form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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absolve account for allegorize clarify clear up comment

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""There, when at Cumae landing from the main, / Avernus' lakes and sounding woods ye gain, / thyself shalt see, within her rock-hewn shrine, / the frenzied prophetess, whose mystic strain / expounds the Fates, to leaves of trees consign / the notes and names that mark the oracles divine.""

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