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English
Etymology
From Old English exponen. See expound.
Verb
expone (third-person singular simple present expones, present participle exponing, simple past and past participle exponed)
- (obsolete, UK or Scotland) To expound; to explain.
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:it belongs to you alone to expone the Covenant
- (obsolete, UK or Scotland) To expose; to imperil.
References
“expone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
expōne
- second-person singular present active imperative of expōnō
Spanish
Verb
expone
- third-person singular present indicative of exponer