expositiveadj.n.

/ɛkˈspɒzɪtɪv/

Etymology: < Latin expositīvus, < exposit- participial stem of expōnĕre : see expone v. and -ive suffix.

A. adj.

(a) Tending to set forth or describe in detail; descriptive. (b) Serving to explain; explanatory, expository. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective]

explanativea1500

expositive1535

resolutory1567

interpretative1569

expounding1571

illustrating1589

explanatory1600

explicative1602

explicatory1606

expository1628

clarifying1630

illustrative1643

luciferous1648

omnilucent1651

explaining?1683

illustratorya1734

elucidatory1774

elucidative1822

irradiativea1834

expositional1845

resolvent1856

enucleating1862

expositionary1882

luminant1891

interpreting1892

clarificatory1945

FYI1973

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 38 Usyng thys particle Et in englyssh as myche to saye And expositiue.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxiv. 4) A man may gather it by the percell expositiue whiche is added streight after.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1683) 230 The opinion..is to be rejected, as not expositive of the Creed's confession.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 55 Expositive termes.

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Expositive, explanatory.

1884 Christian World 24 Apr. 304/2 The book..may be briefly described as..hortatory and expositive.

†B. n.

An explanation, ‘argument’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account

reasonc1300

interpretation1390

gloss1548

esclarishment1549

demonstration1559

resolution1582

elucidary1603

elucidation1667

éclaircissement1673

expositive1687

mise au point1929

1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 43 He cites on the Margin the expositive or Preamble of it.

Derivatives

† exˈpositively adv. Obsolete in an expositive manner or sense; by way of exposition or gloss.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adverb]

expositively1571

expository-wise1600

explicatively1609

expositorilya1631

accountably1646

illustratively1646

explanatorily1657

luciferouslya1682

explicably1791

explainingly1836

explanatively1842

it's this way1851

illuminatingly1891

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 9) The particle [Chi] is taken expositiuely.

1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 82 Unless wee may take..and, the copulatiue, expositiuely, as if it signified that is to say.

1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 170 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Interpreters thinke this clause to be added appositivè, or expositively, to explaine what is meant by Philosophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	expositive
释义	expositiveadj.n. /ɛkˈspɒzɪtɪv/ Etymology: < Latin expositīvus, < exposit- participial stem of expōnĕre : see expone v. and -ive suffix. A. adj. (a) Tending to set forth or describe in detail; descriptive. (b) Serving to explain; explanatory, expository. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 38 Usyng thys particle Et in englyssh as myche to saye And expositiue. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxiv. 4) A man may gather it by the percell expositiue whiche is added streight after. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1683) 230 The opinion..is to be rejected, as not expositive of the Creed's confession. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 55 Expositive termes. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Expositive, explanatory. 1884 Christian World 24 Apr. 304/2 The book..may be briefly described as..hortatory and expositive. †B. n. An explanation, ‘argument’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account reasonc1300 interpretation1390 gloss1548 esclarishment1549 demonstration1559 resolution1582 elucidary1603 elucidation1667 éclaircissement1673 expositive1687 mise au point1929 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 43 He cites on the Margin the expositive or Preamble of it. Derivatives † exˈpositively adv. Obsolete in an expositive manner or sense; by way of exposition or gloss. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adverb] expositively1571 expository-wise1600 explicatively1609 expositorilya1631 accountably1646 illustratively1646 explanatorily1657 luciferouslya1682 explicably1791 explainingly1836 explanatively1842 it's this way1851 illuminatingly1891 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 9) The particle [Chi] is taken expositiuely. 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 82 Unless wee may take..and, the copulatiue, expositiuely, as if it signified that is to say. 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 170 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Interpreters thinke this clause to be added appositivè, or expositively, to explaine what is meant by Philosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1535
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