exposit

(v) state
- set forth one's reasons
set forth, expound,
(v) 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
elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, flesh out, enlarge, expand,

set forth expound elaborate expatiate lucubrate dilate flesh out enlarge expand

abbreviate abridge foreshorten shorten contract reduce cut

expose

exposed

exposition expositive expositor expository