About The Word Explicate

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Explicate

Explicate Meaning & Definition
Explicate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Explicate?

[v] elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
[v] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Explicate: develop | explain | formulate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Explicate: account for | allegorize | amplify | clarify | clear up | construe | crack | decipher | demonstrate | demythologize | descant | detail | develop | dilate | elaborate | elucidate | enlarge | enlarge upon | enlighten | euhemerize | evolve | exemplify | expand | expatiate | explain | explain away | exposit | expound | get across | get over | give reason for | give the meaning | illuminate | illustrate | interpret | make clear | make it clear | make plain | particularize | popularize | put across | put over | rationalize | rehearse in extenso | relate at large | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | simplify | solve | spell out | throw light upon | unfold | unlock | unravel | vulgarize | work out

See Also | account for | clarify | clear up | comment | conjecture | elucidate | hypothecate | hypothesise | hypothesize | inform | interpret | mature | naturalize | redevelop | reformulate | speculate | suppose | theorise | theorize

Explicate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.
\Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] ``They explicate the leaves.'' --Blackmore. 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden.

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