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单词 expone
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exponev.

Etymology: < Latin expōnĕre to put forth, set forth, display, declare, publish, < ex- out + pōnere to put, place. Compare the cognate expound v., also expose v. (Since 16th cent. chiefly Scots; in earlier use perhaps sometimes only a graphic variant of expowne expound v.)
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To set forth in words, declare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)]
speakc900
sayOE
sayOE
tell?a1160
to put forth?c1225
posea1325
allegec1330
declarec1330
exponec1380
to bring fortha1382
expounda1382
terminec1384
allaya1387
express1386
proport1387
purport1389
cough1393
generalize?a1425
deliverc1454
expremec1470
to show forth1498
promisea1500
term1546
to set forward1560
attribute1563
to throw out1573
quote1575
dictate1599
rendera1616
preport1616
enunciate1623
remonstrate1625
state1642
pronunciate1652
annunciate1763
present1779
enounce1805
report1842
constate1865
lodge1885
outen1951
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 433 Ensaumple of siche deds exponeþ best Cristis lawe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1111 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 32 Þat þai..þe priwete mare opynly wald expone þaim.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 5v Christ..hes ratifeit and exponit thame in ye new law.
1632 in J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) p. xl Whilk day the ministers of Perth expone and shew to the brethren that the town..had made..agreement with a schoolmaster.
1860 J. Paterson Life & Poems Dunbar 306 We have him exponing the salutary change which age had effected.]
b. To set forth the character of; to represent, characterize.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] > describe the character of
represent1513
relate1582
personate1591
endorse1596
rendera1616
worda1616
character1618
person1644
exponec1650
characterize1653
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 371 Taking thame [sc. the people of Aberdeen] to be war exponit nor thay war indeid.
2. To expound, explain, interpret.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
sutelec1000
trahtnec1000
unfolda1050
belayc1175
openc1175
onopena1200
accountc1300
undo?a1366
remenea1382
interpret1382
unwrap1387
exploitc1390
enlumine1393
declarec1400
expoundc1400
unplait?c1400
enperc1420
planea1425
clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
unwind1482
expose1483
reducea1500
manifest1530
explicate1531
explaina1535
unlock?1536
dilucidate1538
elucidate1538
illustrate1538
rechec1540
explicate1543
illucidate1545
enucleate1548
unsnarl1555
commonstrate1563
to lay forth1577
straighten1577
unbroid1577
untwist1577
decipherc1586
illuminate1586
enlighten1587
resolvec1592
cipher1594
eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
rivelc1600
ravel1604
unbowel1606
unmist1611
extricate1614
unbolta1616
untanglea1616
enode1623
unperplexa1631
perspicuate1634
explata1637
unravel1637
esclarea1639
clarify1642
unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
undecipher1654
unfork1654
unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxiii. 272 They..praide him that he wolde declare and expone the versys to hem.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) x. 65 The inglismen exponis the prophesye of merlyne to there auen affectione as the iueis exponit the prophesie of cayphas.
1640 Canterb. Self-Convict. 120 His oath and promise at his coronation to keep the laws, is to be exponed of his resolution to make his laws to be keeped by others.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 464 They exponed Scripture and prayed.
3. To put forth (effort); lay out, expend (money).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically an immaterial thing
beteec1175
spenec1200
beseta1240
dispenda1400
spenda1400
expendc1440
incline?a1475
expone1527
adhibit?1538
depend1607
dispense?1624
lend1697
1527 Burgh Rec. Aberd. (Spalding Club 1844) I. 118 The mony and proffeit of the said land..nocht to be exponit in vothir vssis.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1222/2 The king..hath ben alwayes contented..to expone all his study, labour..treasure [etc.]..for ye Popes ayde.
4. To expose (a person or thing to danger, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > expose to danger, harm, etc.
expose1474
object?1520
prefer?1541
expone1564
oppose1589
1564 N. Haward in tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. To Rdr. sig. A.viiv They exponed themselves..to no smal daungers.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1587) 98 They lying without trench or gabion, were exponed to the force of the whole ordinaunce of the sayd castle.
a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 48 If he so did, he sould.. expone religioun to the uttermost danger.
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