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Definition of Exposit
1. Verb. State. "Set forth one's reasons"
Exact synonyms: Expound, Set Forth
Generic synonyms: Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Expound, Flesh Out, Lucubrate
Specialized synonyms: Depict, Describe, Draw, Premise
Derivative terms: Exposition
Generic synonyms: Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Expound, Flesh Out, Lucubrate
Specialized synonyms: Depict, Describe, Draw, Premise
Derivative terms: Exposition
2. Verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. "They exposit that there was a traffic accident "; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Exact synonyms: Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Expound, Flesh Out, Lucubrate
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
Definition of Exposit
1. Verb. to expound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exposit
1. to expound [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: expound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exposit
Literary usage of Exposit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things New and Old: Or, A Storehouse of Similes, Sentences, Allegories by John Spencer (1869)
"J. Trapp's exposit. on St. John. Non est mollis ad astra via. Ovid. 1444.
When Lighter Afflictions -will not serve the turn, God will send Heavier. ..."
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