Verb
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
make explicit; specify in detail
spell fully and without abbreviating
Source: WordNetTo spell out the obvious is often to call it into question. Eric Hoffer
Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words. Douglas Coupland
Let us spell out the Magna Charta of which we humbly catch sight. Let us say to the people of whom all peoples are made: "Wake up and understand, look and see; and having begun again the consciousness which was mown down by slavery, decide that everything must be begun again!" Henri Barbusse
With the... symbolic memory we spell out the future-not one but many futures, which we weigh one against another. Jacob Bronowski
The tempest unleashes an alphabetletters fall through the apertures of crazy anglesto spell out the futureuprooting the course of inventionand enslaving the masters. Nancy Peters
Don't drink too much." "When I can spell out your name in shot glasses, I'll stop." "I'll have to get a shorter name." "I'll have to forget how to spell it. Richard Kadrey