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}]
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]