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Explicate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make clear the meaning of; explain. See Synonyms at explain.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Evolved; unfolded.

v. To unfold; to expand; to lay open.

v. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To unfold; expand; open.

To unfold the meaning or sense of; explain; interpret.

To give an explanation.

Unfolded; explicated.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make plain and comprehensible

v. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Word Usage

"The real difference is that Auerbach is attempting to explicate the text in front of him, to help the reader "see" more fully what is really going on in the scene from the Odyssey."

Verb Form

explicated explicates explicating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

evolved unfolded explain interpret