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verb (v)

• state(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  expound, set forth
  

  source: wordnet30
• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  Antonym:
  abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
  

  source: wordnet30