explicate
[ek-spli-keyt]
verb (used with object), ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing.
to make plain or clear; explain; interpret.
to develop (a principle, theory, etc.).
Origin of explicate
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Related Words for explicate
expound, elucidate, amplify, untangle, develop, dilate, expatiate, explain, unfold, demonstrate, construe, interpret, illustrate, enucleateExamples from the Web for explicate
Historical Examples of explicate
This battle of Girondins and Mountain let no man ask history to explicate.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII.Arthur Mee
But Marie say there is the miss understand in our letters she cannot explicate.
Deer GodchildMarguerite Bernard and Edith Serrell
Whether, if so, this will not explicate the Phnomena of the Clouds.
MicrographiaRobert Hooke
We have merely to explicate the idea of intelligent spirit possessing being in its plenitude.
Science takes as its province mechanical causes, and leaves formal and final causes to the philosopher to explicate.
A Critical History of Greek PhilosophyW. T. Stace
explicate
verb (tr) formal
Word Origin for explicate
C16: from Latin explicāre to unfold, from plicāre to fold
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