Home › Words › E › exponeexponeexpone means to expound; to explain.EtymologyFrom Middle English exponen, from Latin expōnō. Doublet of expose and expound.verbTo expound; to explain.e.g.“it belongs to you alone to expone the Covenant” — 1643, 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:To expose; to imperil.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.exposit 81% match — to expound vs expone →expound 81% match — To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length. vs expone →expounding 74% match — The act by which something is expounded. vs expone →expounder 69% match — A person who expounds or explains vs expone →explicate 69% match — To explain meticulously or in great detail. vs expone →explicatum 68% match — That which explains. vs expone →explicandum 68% match — That which is to be explained or explicated vs expone →expositor 67% match — A person who expounds; a commentator. vs expone →