· 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"
Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh_out, expand, dilate
Hypernym(s): clarify, clear_up, elucidate
· state; "set forth one's reasons"
Synonym(s): set_forth, exposit
Hypernym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh_out, expand, expound, dilate