explicate
VerbUS[ek-spluh-keyt]/ˈɛkspləˌkeɪt/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)explicated, explicating
- make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”Synonyms: explainMore general informMore specific rede, clarify, account for, shine, comment, naturalize
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses“Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”Synonyms: formulatedevelopMore general speculate, theorizeMore specific redevelop, matureSimilar develop
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex′pli·cate adjective
Origin: L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.
Evolved; unfolded. Taylor, Jeremy
Ex′pli·cate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Explicated; present participle & verbal noun Explicating.]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. obsolete “They explicate the leaves.” Sir Richard 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.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54