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Explain Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Explain? [v] serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again" [v] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" [v] define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Explain: excuse \| explicate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Explain: absolve \| account \| account for \| acquit \| aid \| allegorize \| analyze \| answer \| bottom \| break down \| clarify \| clear \| clear the way \| clear up \| condone \| construe \| crack \| cry sour grapes \| debug \| decipher \| decode \| define \| delineate \| demonstrate \| demythologize \| describe \| destigmatize \| detail \| disclose \| discourse \| disentangle \| divine \| do \| do justice to \| dope \| dope out \| ease \| elucidate \| enlighten \| euhemerize \| exculpate \| excuse \| exemplify \| exonerate \| expedite \| explain away \| explicate \| exposit \| expound \| extenuate \| facilitate \| fathom \| figure out \| find out \| find the answer \| find the solution \| get \| get across \| get over \| get right \| give reason for \| give the meaning \| grease \| grease the ways \| grease the wheels \| guess \| guess right \| harangue \| hasten \| have it \| help along \| hit it \| hold forth \| illuminate \| illustrate \| interpret \| justify \| lecture \| legitimate \| legitimatize \| loose \| lubricate \| make clear \| make it clear \| make out \| make plain \| make way for \| moralize \| oil \| open the lock \| open the way \| open up \| palliate \| pave the way \| plumb \| point a moral \| popularize \| preach \| prepare the way \| psych \| psych out \| purge \| put across \| put over \| puzzle out \| quicken \| rationalize \| ravel \| ravel out \| read a lesson \| rehabilitate \| reinstate \| remove friction \| resolve \| restore \| riddle \| run interference for \| sermonize \| shed light upon \| show \| show how \| show the way \| simplify \| smooth \| smooth the way \| soap the ways \| solve \| sort out \| speed \| spell out \| throw light upon \| unbar \| unblock \| unclog \| undo \| unfold \| unjam \| unlock \| unravel \| unriddle \| unscramble \| untangle \| untwist \| unweave \| vindicate \| vulgarize \| warrant \| work \| work out See Also \| account for \| alibi \| clarify \| clear up \| comment \| elucidate \| inform \| interpret \| justify \| naturalize \| say \| state \| tell \| vindicate Explain In Webster's Dictionary \Explain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf. {Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. --Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. --Gay. {To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. \Explain"\, v. i. To give an explanation.

Explain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Explain?

[v] serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"
[v] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
[v] define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Explain: excuse | explicate

Explain In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out,
explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus
plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf.
{Esplanade}.]
1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]

         The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
         leaf.                                 --Evelyn.

2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of
   obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
   meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.

         Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
         you.                                  --Gay.

{To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those
   explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope.

Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.


\Ex*plain"\, v. i.
To give an explanation.

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