单词 | re-expound |
释义 | re-expoundv. transitive. To expound (a principle, idea, etc.) again or further. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] > again re-expound1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Reinterpreter To reinterpret, reexpound. 1856 B. F. Hall Republican Party & Presidential Candidates vi. 219 It re-expounded the constitution according to the views previously announced in the senate by Mr. Webster. 1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 249 The topic is in the hospitals and the courts expounded and re-expounded. 1888 Centen. Confer. Missions (U.S.) II. 61 The principle [of marriage] was re-expounded by the Lord Jesus Christ. 1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 533 Few have attempted to do more than to reëxpound the principles of Marx; and most people have..little taste for warmed-over doctrines. 1960 Times 18 July 3/2 Mr. Graves will be..re-expounding some of his many theories about such things as magic, the White Goddess, and the poetic trance. 2000 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Oct. The president did not back down on his controversial stance and re-expounded his position to the meeting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
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