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expone

expone verb: to expound; to explain.

Verb

expone (third-person singular simple present expones, present participle exponing, simple past and past participle exponed)

  1. (Scotland, UK, obsolete) To expound; to explain.
    • it belongs to you alone to expone the Covenant1643, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Σκιαμαχία: or a Defence of a Petition tendered to the Lords of the Council of Scotland by certain Noblemen and Gentlemen
  2. (Scotland, UK, obsolete) To expose; to imperil.

Forms of expone

third-person singular presentexpones
present participleexponing
past participleexponed
pastexponed

Origin of expone

From Middle English exponen, from Latin expōnō. Doublet of expose and expound.

Questions about expone

What does expone mean?
Expone means to expound; to explain.
What part of speech is expone?
Expone is a verb.
What is the past tense of expone?
The past tense of expone is exponed.

Words near expone in the dictionary

  1. expoliations
  2. expolish
  3. expolished
  4. expolishes
  5. expolishing
  6. expone
  7. exponence
  8. exponences
  9. exponencies
  10. exponency
  11. exponent

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