About The Word Elucidate

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Elucidate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Elucidate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Elucidate

Elucidate Meaning & Definition
Elucidate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elucidate?

[v] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
[v] make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elucidate: clarify | clear | clear up | clear up | crystalise | crystalize | crystallise | crystallize | enlighten | illuminate | shed light on | sort out | straighten out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elucidate: account for | allegorize | annotate | clarify | clear | clear up | crack | decipher | demonstrate | demythologize | enlighten | euhemerize | exemplify | explain | explain away | explicate | exposit | expound | get across | get over | give reason for | give the meaning | illuminate | illustrate | make clear | make it clear | make plain | popularize | prove | put across | put over | rationalize | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | simplify | solve | spell out | throw light upon | unfold | unlock | unravel | vulgarize

See Also | clarify | clear | crystalise | crystalize | crystallise | crystallize | demystify | dilate | disambiguate | elaborate | elucidate | elucidate | enlarge | enlighten | expand | expatiate | explain | explicate | exposit | expound | flesh out | illuminate | lucubrate | shed light on | sort out | straighten out

Elucidate In Webster's Dictionary

\E*lu"ci*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elucidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elucidating}.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See {Lucid}.] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Slobber ‐ saliva spilling from the mouth [v] let saliva drivel from the…
  • Mental imagery ‐ the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could…
  • Futuristic ‐ of or relating to futurism;…
  • Basket star ‐ any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton…
  • Dec 25 ‐ a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter…
  • Sculptress ‐ a…
  • Browning machine gun ‐ a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds…
  • Gulf of thailand ‐ an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay…
  • Rightmost ‐ farthest to the right; "in the rightmost line…
  • Outpouring ‐ a large flow [n] the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic…