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exposit
(encz) | exposit, v: |
exposit
(gcide) | exposit \exposit\ v.
1. to set forth reasons; to explain or expound.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. to make external.
Syn: externalize, externalise.
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exposit
(wn) | exposit
v 1: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth,
expound, exposit]
2: 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" [syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten,
reduce, shorten] |
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exposition
(mass) | exposition
- vystavenie |
exposition
(encz) | exposition,výstava Hynek Hanke |
expositive
(encz) | expositive,vysvětlující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
expositor
(encz) | expositor,vykladač n: Zdeněk Brožexpositor,vykladatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
expository
(encz) | expository,výkladový Jaroslav Šedivý |
Exposition
(gcide) | Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere,
expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.]
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
displaying to public view.
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2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or
meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation;
interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or
the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing
explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
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You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
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3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view
or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.;
exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the
sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]
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Expositive
(gcide) | Expositive \Ex*pos"i*tive\, a.
Serving to explain; expository. --Bp. Pearson.
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Expositor
(gcide) | Expositor \Ex*pos"i*tor\, n. [L. See Expound.]
One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a
commentator. --Bp. Horsley.
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Expository
(gcide) | Expository \Ex*pos"i*to*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain;
explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
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A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers.
--Johnson.
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Misexposition
(gcide) | Misexposition \Mis*ex`po*si"tion\, n.
Wrong exposition.
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exposition
(wn) | exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually
written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition,
expounding]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: exhibition, exposition, expo]
3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing
or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if
there had been some initial exposition of the background"
4: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form)
where the major musical themes first occur |
expositive
(wn) | expositive
adj 1: serving to expound or set forth; "clean expository
writing" [syn: expository, expositive] |
expositor
(wn) | expositor
n 1: a person who explains [syn: expositor, expounder] |
expository
(wn) | expository
adj 1: serving to expound or set forth; "clean expository
writing" [syn: expository, expositive] |
CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION
(bouvier) | CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION. The construction of a law, made shortly after
its enactment, when the reasons for its passage were then fresh in the minds
of the judges, is considered as of great weight: contemporanea expositio est
optima et fortissima in lege. 1 Cranch, 299.
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EXPOSITION DE PART
(bouvier) | EXPOSITION DE PART, French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take
care of itself, either in a public or private place.
2. If the child thus exposed should be killed in consequence of such
exposure; as, if it should be devoured by animals, the person thus exposing
it would be guilty of murder. Rose. Cr. Ev. 591.
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