Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: exponent – express
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exponent, n. [L.'to put forth, set forth, display, declare, publish'.]
Function; dimension; main proposition; transcendent purpose; [mathematics] root; ratio; reckoning; quotient; operation; calculation; computation; figure of multiplication; balance of an equation; proportion between two entities; [fig.] power; magnification; [metaphor] proponent; interpreter; advocate; representative; mouthpiece; translator.
export, v. [L. 'to carry out'.]
Convey; transport across boundaries.
expose (-s), v. [Fr. < exponer, to put out.] (webplay: uncovered).
Reveal; disclose; make vulnerable; remove protection.
exposed, verbal adj. [see expose, v.]
Vulnerable; uncovered; unprotected.
exposition, n. [see expose, v.]
Display; free passage; thing that is laid open.
expositor, n. [see expose, v.]
Interpreter; mouthpiece; representative; translator; [metaphor] agent; accountant; bookkeeper; [fig.] dictionary; one who expounds.
expound, v. [L. exponere, to put forth, set forth, explain.]
- Explain; clarify; examine; propound; lay open; tell the significance of.
- Interpret; translate; understand; make sense of; [Webster 1844] “to expound a text of Scripture.”
express, adj. [see express v.]
Direct; brisk; speedy; prompt; quick; timely; lively; immediate; straight; clear; plain; evident; manifest; significant; important; for a particular purpose.
express, adv. [see express v.]
Straight; directly; precisely.
express (-ed), v. [L.'to press out'; see press, v.]
- Extract; distill; squeeze out; remove by pressing.
- Move quickly; travel rapidly; [fig.] shine; appear; be manifest.