the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. to set forth reasons; to explain or expound.
v. to make external.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To expound; explain or interpret.
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v. state
v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Word Usage
"While Ms. Barker attempts to describe all that is wrong with the war and the international community's persistent failure to win over the locals' "hearts and minds," she is part of the very problems she claims to exposit."