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v. state; "set forth one's reasons"

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. 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"

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articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise

v. express or state clearly

explain

v. define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

comment

v. explain or interpret something

declare

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

propound

v. put forward, as of an idea

protest

v. affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

rede, interpret

v. give an interpretation or explanation to

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

speak, talk

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

say

v. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

claim, take

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

describe, depict, draw

v. give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

narrate

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

recount

v. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

profess

v. receive into a religious order or congregation

pronounce, label, judge

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

relate

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

expand

v. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

foreshorten

v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

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