Synonyms:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh_out, expand, expound, dilate
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
I made him talk, and got him to expound to me his ideas and plans for our future.
For the rest, if any one of you have further or better counsel to expound, I will listen to him with the greatest pleasure."
Geology, which proved that the earth was more than 6000 years old, was anathematized; archeologists had the greatest difficulty to expound the truth concerning the antiquity of the human race.
But Mark was come of the glittering towns Where hot white details show, Where men can number and expound, And his faith grew in a hard ground Of doubt and reason and falsehood found, Where no faith else could grow.