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Explicate

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"plicate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. \Ex"plicate\, 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.

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

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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