单词 | expone |
释义 | † exponev. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.c1380 |
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